It's going to offer Strong economic growth, Appreciation (especially in DFW), Tax advantages (no state income tax), and a Growing population, including infrastructure and amenities. 

When you’re confident in your numbers, you can negotiate with clarity and avoid being swayed by emotions.Understand the Other Party’s MotivationEvery seller has a reason for selling.

Sometimes the recorders office may not be online but the tax appraiser is.

Am I setting myself up for a tax nightmare?

I wish I could go back and have all my loans with my local credit union who keeps them in-house to avoid all this. 

A good rule of thumb is to have at least $5 to $10K in reserves per unit to cover these situations and avoid financial strain.Thank you for the reply and help!

This might make sense, but again, you are just deferring the taxes and now pushing tax from capital gains to ordinary income. 

If there's only 1 meter in the property with multiple tenants, its easier to bake it into the lease amount to avoid headaches down the line. 

Agree on the advice their are sharks out there that are very good praying on people with various scams each month a new one pops up so avoid the housing market right now .In the mean time invest in a index fund that follows a benchmark like a S&P 500 each month/week put more money in when you are at a age that father wisdom has visited make small moves into the housing market .

We have every one of our managed properties enrolled in these services to avoid utility shutoff damages.