Secondly, I'd chat with a realtor and get some recs on lenders to truly see what you're working with in terms of buying power.

It is balance sheet heavy but for some reason, most investors in BP are just focused on P&L and they stick with these free accounting platform that doesn't even utilize the Balance Sheet.A lot of the time when I clean up client's books, it's mainly in the balance sheet that needs to be fixed up.

We focus on SFH in Garland, Richardson and north east Dallas.

If I were in your shoes, I’d focus on house hacking in Phoenix by exploring multi-family properties or using the BRRRR strategy with undervalued single-family homes.

When I got into real estate, I didn’t realize the power of reducing my biggest expense—housing—while building equity.

They are usually fixer uppers howbeit not in terrible terrible shape.Are you focused on townhomes like this one in Edgewood: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1312-Acorn...? 

One very powerful tool is the built in analytics and graphs that Vrbo has.

I would focus on finding an agent that knows what they are doing and will get it sold, not on the cost. 

It's completely legal, very simple but powerful.

My only reply here is to say to simply focus on the business objectives.