I mentioned a lot in my post, if someone can touch on atleast 1 thing for me it would be greatly appreciated.Ps how much cash flow is attainable with a rental?

These parameters will help decide what kind of yields you are searching for, which you can use to filter down your list of macro markets.Then I would start by looking at the macro market's fundamentals, that is the population, job and income growth over time.After that, I would look to see what the rents and home prices are and how those are trending as well.I would do a similar analysis, but at the sub-market level for the metro area you are considering investing in.Other metrics that I find valuable to understand are household income, poverty, unemployment, and educational attainment.

We have all heard Josh Dorkin explain that one should set attainable goals, however I tend to lean towards Grant Cardone's method and shoot for the moon...

Are they referring to attaining a private lender for Wholesaling?

They have ample knowledge of the tax issues you will normally encounter.

Challenge with the 1% rule is that it's simply not attainable in the Austin market (or at least not based on what I've seen).

If history is any indication, this should give us ample time to refinance within the 10 year period. 

Are you a rehabber and are there still ample good deals on your MLS?

I help entrepreneurs attain financing for their business or project.

Our rate will then be closer to market rate but still a bit below, to attract an ample number of applicants from which to choose.