Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator – so, they often select the first PMC they call or that calls them back!

Look at affordable areas like Mesquite, Grand Prairie, or Cedar Hill and go for an FHA (3.5%) You need to know where exactly you will be working first.Closing costs can run $5K-$10K, so negotiating seller concessionsor using first-time homebuyer programscan help.

Quote from @Peter H Derry: Hey Carl, we have some opportunities for multifamily properties that fit this bill exactly.  

In reality, at the start of an investment you don't know exactly how the investment will perform.

If I were to do it again I would do exactly what you are doing.- Is your goal to be financially independent, nice retirement, or just have a nice little profitable side hustle?

This post is exactly why I say spend the few extra bucks and get the keyboard with the comma and period keys. 

exact same presentations. 

This way I can see pictures of the applicant, their living conditions, people they're associated with and their job.

I used the favorable market conditions to justify being more reckless than I probably should have and prioritized speed over fully stabilizing things as I went.

For example things such as how to handle certain soil conditions, working with certain agencies, specific water quality requirements (which you mentioned).