CURRENTLY DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS IDEA AND OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS AND ADVICE FROM CURRENT OR PRIOR INVESTOR EXPERIENCES.I'M LOCATED IN DALLAS,TX

According to Redfin, Dallas MLS does not allow them to post the actual sold price, only the last list price.

Can any investors out there recommend a DFW based property management company that they are happy with? I.e. work hard to lease out, retains tenants, provides timely maintenance, perform regular inspections.

I have ...

I've seen blue houses and blue kitchens in Dallas.

I vote the latter.I bought my first house in Dallas (cheap housing market) just prior to moving there after having lived in Austin (expensive housing market relative to Dallas) for years.

I still claim Texas as my 'Home' after being born in Dallas almost 40 years ago!

Go Cowboys!

This reminds me of squatters in Dallas-http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/From-Eviction-to-Jail-135537188.htmlI'm not an attorney but maybe they can also be charged with burglary, or at least threaten to do so if they don't get the heck out.

I would say that Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas are all good emerging markets to invest.

And finding the tenant and getting them to sign a lease etc,. is easy because most realtors can do that for you, they charge about 50% of first month's rent which I believe is well worth it.I live in the dallas area and I typically don't even look at the properties (for most cases) , I have a good contractor who will look at the property and run the numbers for me on the repairs.