Nick has I think by far the best how to program out there.. its quite detailed and you will learn how to flip a house.. but it is fire hose.. .. so in one room you have the presentation room and in another there is a deconstructed house.. they take you through each sub trade with guys that are in those trades and they give you basic understanding and cost for each and what to look out for.. its actionable advice.. the bus tour part of any of these is just driving around looking at beat up houses LOL... sound like you got the rehab down your looking for capital .. you find that with family and friends or investors once you prove your profitable.. that's were you want to concentrate..

Just my thoughts on the matter.As for passive thats a total BS line if I ever heard one.. you cannot own a bunch of rentals and be passive you must engage.. you must manage the manager diligently or your going to get hosed.  

I stepped in and cured most of them that I could.. and I am fairly certain they would have gotten really hosed if I did not rectify the majority of them.. if you have enough liquidity and I mean real liquidity like  200 to 500k in cash to handle the ones that get called or other issues go for it.. if your thinking Hey I can put a few grand down and make the delta but I only have 5k in my savings account your setting yourself up for some heart break.

Trying to analyze the state of real estate markets across the entire United States is like trying to drink water from a fire hose.  

There's nothing wrong with starting part time while you learn, it is definitely drinking from a fire hose to start.

What does she care if you get hosed by this deal.  

I'm interested in San Antonio.were I see most out of State investors get hosed in that market is they look at tax rate today. but the wholesaler turn key guy bought it from a owner occ.. so when you see todays tax it includes exemptions and it has not been reassessed.. then you buy it you lose the exemption and it gets reassessed and your tax's go up significantly and if you were at 100  month positive or somewhere like that you could easily end up negative.. ( with minimum down) and a little negative cash flow is not the worse thing of course.. but not what everyone these days wants.. in my mind if a market has room to move up then a tad of negative is OK.. if a market has topped or is going to not really move then negative is not great.. break even OK  your tenant is paying off your house. 

Bring a hose and run the water outside the bathroom soaking the soil.

Is there any way for a landlord to winter-proof interior plumbing with a drain or pressure-relief valve similar to anti-siphon exterior hose bibs?

Very difficult not control the hose parameter to get the rent payment , sure other things can happen with a normal tenant Thanks