I guess this is the state of the Houston market..too much competition and not enough supply. 

High demand but low supply

The only place you'll find a better resource is by going to your local building supplies store and filling in the numbers where the books have ranges.  

Ah how supply and demand work in our industry.

Not sure if you need to incentivize them, I guess depends on supply/demand in your area.  

When I have a large portfolio or if I am not local, I will hire a PM but it seems silly to pay for a service I can supply to myself even if it is a little bit of a hassle. 

I have asked my real-estate agent to supply a list, but I'm wondering if this information is publicly available some where as a database.I guess alternatively I could just drive around my target area on google maps street view and make my own map, but this would take quite a while...Cheers,Tom

The problem now is not crazy demand due to loose lending, it is low supply due to no building.

The owner also installed a Rinnai hot water heater that he supplies propane for each apartment.

He is still fighting the taxing authority in court over this.A large community was sold to a less experienced buyer who in cutting corners failed to determine that the water supply was contaminated by Radon.