They are always on top of maintenance and communicating any issue regarding the property and they have streamlined the process so that it’s relatively easy and quick the purchase. 

For residential, 4 units and below, the spreadsheet is too easy to make work or not work.

There is a rule.  

That allows the payment to be low, manageable and easy to cash flow when you transition it into a rental.When you move out you will have more money in the bank, stronger assets, and be cash fluid in case you need to make an offer on more investment properties.

Home needed some work.Lovely group of siblings who were very easy to work with!

Both claim they were married to the borrower via Texas’s common law marriage rules.

I will also say that deals like you are showing are easy to find.  

Well it will need to be life changing events like having kids, new job, divorce, taking care family members etc but the rule of thumb is to live there for at least one year then being able to rent it out and converting it into an investment property.

That's not easy to reproduce in today's market, so Kudos to you both!

And south of that street is going to be newer, larger homes, a tier up. 76542 is actually very similar to that general rule as well.