However, just last week the tenant put in a maintenance ticket to have it fixed. 

Here is a great free networking event on the 29th:https://realacquisitions.com/houston-real-estate-investing-summit/and another one on the 23rd:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-and-contracts-jan-2020edition-host-investopia-online-tickets-88871255317There're meetups pretty much daily - check the Houston forum here on BP:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/756-houston-real-estate-forumas well as local Facebook groups if not already. 

I could buy hockey or basketball tickets and sell them for more than an 8k$ profit.

Thats something we have learned the hard way.If you’re a first timer like we were, and want to walk a hard line on a budget to make this happen, understand that we did this with only me a personal guarantor, and $5000 in the bank from selling some golf tickets.

@Alexandra Hughes,Are Plus/Pro members able to purchase more than 1 ticket at the $750 rate?

We do yearly inspections on the property before we will allow a tenant to renew the lease to make sure there aren't any large ticket repairs that would cause the value of the property to drop.

Just put an offer today on a property that needs a ton of work but is a good BRRRR candidate.For me the trick is to get a cash flowing property with many of the big-ticket items taken care of, bought and then "sold" via refinancing, leaving me hopefully around net-even with a cash flowing property at the end of the day.Couple of things to keep in mind:Not every BRRRR will be a slam dunk.

You need to look at the BIG TICKET items.

There's no way to get in contact with support aside from the ticketing system.

@Michael Plaks sign me up for two tickets to your Moscow bootcamp..check is in the mail.