The numbers on the deal are below:-$6100 PITI (5% down owner occupied)-$2600-$2800 monthly rent per unit-Off market deal near Richardson High School-Both units fully renovatedI would essentially be betting on the long term appreciation of the DFW real estate market as well as long term rent growth.

City websites are a great bet.

Your best bet is to find a commercial broker and form a referral relationship with him. 

BTW I would bet the tenant is lying.

I think the best bet is to obtain the rental license as well as the commercial activity license that is necessary to apply for the rental.  

We recently had a rental property where the unit needed re-painted and the carpets needed professionally cleaned multiple times to even get the smell out; which your best bet at that point may just to be to replace any carpeting you may have in the unit. 

Your best bet is going into small multifamily, and going for the low money down. 

I’ve seen a bunch of posts here over the past six month on BP where people seem to be betting big money (some call it investing) based purely on someone’s charm and word.

I  bet you will lose 1 tenant  only 

@Becca F is a good example of that in her big post.Your better bet is to go after a really high quality properties--maybe not Cali--but other areas like Tennessee, Carolinas, pockets of Texas, etc., if Cali is too rich for you.