Partner with people in your market.

Every market can be invested in successfully.

Then to find inventory, you need to search out, i.e. network, and find out who is creating these type of notes or you help people that may have an interest in seller financing how to create a note that is marketable to the secondary market.

@Gil CanfuWith a $300k price range, you're definitely in a good position to find some solid investment opportunities in the North Texas market.

I would rather invest in safe markets that produce a good return, then I can use that income to pay for a vacation anywhere in the world.I'm very pessimistic about the STR market in Hawaii.

If that is the case, just let them take it to market to sell.You could offer to manage the property and have them to rent it out now where you pay them a flat rate every month and anything you make over that amount is yours to keep.

I signed up for their investor profile because I am interested in the appreciation in the North Texas (or northern suburbs of DFW) market.

If I were you, then I would get the pieces ready, but seek off market/on market projects that make sense for you.

Unfortunately there competitiveness in the market and cut throat antics give the other offices (company) a bad name. 

Particularly I am looking at some 6-plex and 8-plex units in my target market.