We have been playing it safe but really would like to start investing in Rental properties as another source of passive income and to start building for our children.  

Their leads are Absoloutely horrible I received 90% of the letters back from mailers the script is horrible and after they get your money , their excellent mentors or cpaches disapper they are the biggest scammers out there.

New Braunfels doesn't play.

When rental demand dips they suffer with placing tenants or forced to play a game with who can charge the least in the area.  

If you haven't bought or sold any real estate recently, the new rules in play may leave you wondering how this may impact your financial responsibility in the transaction. 

Back of the napkin analysis (or BP calculator) make a conservative offer and see if the seller is willing to play ball.  

What happens with the economy over the next 6 months plays into our decision as well.

Adam, I am vaguely interested in BRRRR to vacation rental in cottage country to play the long term appreciation game.

Rates/pricing has to play a part of course, BUT knowledge and responsiveness is actually more important. and to answer your second question, well, look at my last sentence for the answer. 

@Rob Ibarra Converting non restaurant space into restaurant space can be fairly costly from what I understand due to the need for larger than standard water lines to service the building and a general need for grease traps and other restaurant specific infrastructure.My first question around going from abandoned auto shop to kitchen is zoning, could you even get the use approved, and then are their any environmental factors in play?