You'd be better off of in Little Rock.

Vinyl siding also can warp,get cracked. get ripped off in high wind,sun will fade it and then leftover pieces will not match when you replace years later.  

The owner has taken it off market and I'm just trying to explore my options of selling it off market for a deeply discounted price.  

There's always trade offs when it comes to investing and one of those tradeoffs (if you want to find positive cash flow) is having to be okay with an older house.

You should read through some of these numerous posts on this topic.

Purchase price: $69,000 Cash invested: $35,000 Sale price: $120,000 Summer 2018, I took on this off-market fixer-upper in the Polytechnic area of Fort Worth.

However, while I was still getting contractor bids for different projects, I found 3 different companies that are quick (based off of their contracts and guarantees) and have good quality of work (based off of previous and current investor feedback) but come at the cost of price.

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- Go look carefully at the numbers and you'll see this.If you could acquire more rentals and they threw off $500 profit each/monthly, how many would you need to make a living?

On a 2M property you should be able to write off roughly 300-400k, so that would cut your real estate income down for years, but not your W2, because I don't think you would be able to claim RE professional status. 750 hrs and min 50% of your time.