We stay in contact with this agent and I guess she made a couple of verbal offers for us after the agreement had expired. 

There's at least a couple a week spread out around Houston.

A couple of years ago, I worked with an investor who never updated the contact information for the loan and the Bank call the seller (ex-wife), that day she was mad at her ex-husband and told the bank her ex allowed someone to steal their property from them and they got no money, she was kicked out of her house and there were strange people living there.This could all have been avoided if the investor did this process correct.Get educated, also I do not know your attorney but not many attorneys have the knowledge to do this process correctly. 

Start with a small one on the first couple to work out your system kinks.  

Just like investing in any city though there are a couple areas to stay away from, but they are not hard to identify and they are not large. 

I went to pay them, couple of days work I'll pay with a check (1099) and cash it for them.Hey Tony, I've got all O's info what's yours?"

Why give up a couple percent?

a couple of years.)

@Keith DowdyI see your name pop up in every Beech Mountain post for the last couple years.

I've had pretty good success the last couple years with a combination of house hacking and building Accessory Dwelling Units.