It would be my first fix and flip so I hesitated on making an offer without money.

Please don't hesitate to get in touch with experts, go to events, and take part in conversations to further your knowledge of the Houston real estate market.

Go with someone else if you are hesitant. 

If there is anything I can do to help, don't hesitate to connect.

If they don't know you, there is usually a lot of hesitation towards heavily leveraging the purchase and rehab of a home to someone that they don't know well.This is a good start (posting and being active on BP), but checking in with local REI groups and reaching out locally won't hurt either.

Also, it may be helpful for you to attend county foreclosure auctions to network and learn.If I can be of any further assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out!

Both homes that I've purchases were on market deals, so I'm a bit hesitant to be the guy who calls someone up because I get those calls several times a day and I hate that using cold calls is the standard.I don't expect to be able to use the fact that I'm a local just trying to make my business work in the market it was designed for as a leverage point because it's not helping the potential sellers at all.

If I can be of service, please don't hesitate to reach out directly!

Don’t hesitate to reach out if you just want to introduce yourself or want to talk about this great area. 

However, the more I look at it, I wonder if I'm missing something & am hesitant to place an offer.