It would be best to befriend a local contractor or even help one out on a job to see any differences from your past eight years doing it in another country.

Call every local investor agenda (look at the agents that have investment property listings and call them) and call every local landlord that owns multiple properties (you can get lists off of Deal Machine).

You could find your local wholesaler ( basically what a land flipper is) and ask about what CRMs they are using and also talk CPAs.  

Right now there's huge concentration, but as this continues to build out and we see north of the high 30s GW by 10 years from now it'll be almost a requirement to keep some type of locality based risk assessment and to diversify. 

David you mentioned the use of 1031 exchanges recently in the local market.

I’ve built strong relationships with local agents and other investors in the Hamptons, which helped me discover this off-market property.

I have a local handyman that helped me hired junk removal company and pest control for the roaches.

If the tenant fails to provide proof, I would reach out to a local attorney about handling the lease violation appropriately, especially since Texas has specific landlord-tenant laws.

Thanks Sarah, I don’t see much house hacking going on in Essex or Dundalk in terms of listings on Zillow or FB so my concern would be finding professional adult roommates that want to house share in that area. i’ve been following a lot of the midterm rental groups in Facebook and the consensus is that contracts have decreased significantly and hospitals are using more local labor pools.

The local market has a lot of opportunities, especially if you’re looking into multifamily or creative financing.