Quote from @David Treat: What comes next in real estate now that Trump is in?

Value and rents should eventually increase to turn cashflow positive and build your wealth.You're next learning experience will be, now that you are out of day-to-day management, how will you be able to handle the inevitable expense challenges?

I was thinking about having one LLC for the company owning the real estate and one LLC for the company running the business.

The problem is the buildings are in major need of repair...and because of this, rents are one of the lowest in town. 

Quote from @Theodore Sutton: Check out the site meetup.com and also the events page on BP for meetings up in your area to meet people like this and build relationships.

b) Did the seller acquire the property through probate?

I love San Antonio, I am lucky enough to visit there when I was in the military service. 

If you try to go over the whole list, you’ll lose the attention of an average person and they won’t remember anything!

I'm not sure the market will outpace the rest of the country in valuation growth.

That's how I would propose it as an option next time.