I know, which is why I'm taking it upon myself to combat this "fear" I guess you could call it.I guess what I could do is try to always keep a piece of paper near me, on that paper have a ballpark idea of what I am looking to spend, and what area I would be most likely be looking into, as well as how would I go about financing (now on that part, I most likely would want to work with a broker, since there's a bit more flexibility) since I would be going from "rags to niches to (hopefully) riches."

UNITED STATES TREASURY BEGINS CRACK DOWN ON MONEY LAUNDERING THROUGH HIGH END RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE In an effort to combat money laundering in the real estate sector, The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen), a bureau of The United States Treasury Department, has issued Geographic Targeting Orders (GTO) that will temporarily require title insurance companies to identify the names and social security numbers of the natural persons behind LLC's and other opaque structures that are used as shell companies to purchase high end residential real estate.Reporting will be required on "All Cash" purchases of residential properties that exceed $3,000,000 in Manhattan and $1,000,000 in Miami-Dade County.

you would have data to combat them in the future. 

I served 6 active, 4 reserve and changed out my combat boots to be Mom.  

I am also wondering if the tax issue can be combated by less vacancy in the areas closer to the city.Any help/insight would be greatly appreciated and I look forward to hearing what everyone has to say!

Unfortunately, this is not limited to Houston.Ways to combat this include NOT posting exterior photos or giving the exact address of the property until you have phone-screened potential tenants.

In a hot market, it's not uncommon.The way to combat the sellers taking things you are expecting to stay, is to write it all out in the contract.

To combat this, and also upgrade systems as larger vacancies occurred the ceilings were removed, the HVAC ducting removed, the concrete was stripped via a sandblast, and then attractive and exposed HVAC ducting was installed.

With that I was going to add an addendum for an additional deposit if they would like an actual opener and offer the ability for 3 openers to combat that.I will look into self locking/closing doors.As for the parking rights. 

Yes payments can reset but banks have tools which can combat probability of default and delinquency on those accounts.