Hey Reeves - Scaling with BRRRR boils down to planning / resources. 

Thank you in advance and happy holidays to everyone.Denise Most of our out of state investors that work with our team start by evaluating different places and then plan a visit to check out the area.

Quote from @Justin Hammerle: @Thomas Lebens - if this is your first property and you plan to occupy why not consider an FHA?   

For example, if you're talking about areas south of Waynesville, plan for the entire process to run at least 2 years.

HELOCs let you access equity as needed, keeping costs low unless you use the funds.Key considerations: If you plan to scale quickly, the HELOC might provide the liquidity you need for faster moves.

Quote from @Jack Krusinski: When my rental properties are in a situation like this, I make an effort to create a structured and aggressive payment plan to help tenants catch up.

Putting a long term tenant in a property here that you are BRRRRing won't cash flow unless you plan on leaving a good amount in the deal to do so, but that defeats the purpose of the BRRRR. 

The standing plan is to put in mini splits in each unit once the existing furnace finally dies.  

If I were in your shoes, I would set up keyword alerts for the Texas cities you're interested in as well as any other keywords that are relevant to your plans.

I do plan to live in the vacant side at least for a year, with a VA loan after a year I can take out a loan on another property.