If you know of any legal entity in TX that can help in a case where GP is not doing their job (maybe a branch of SEC), please let me know.TIA

A lender is the middle man who will sell your loan to the big banks and in most cases charge you points and higher fee's to support the branch and loan officers commissions.

You are probably better off going with one that has a branch you can visit and get to know the management.

@Jose Martinez I use a local regional bank that has about 15 branches in northern New England.

Do we branch out of our area and try to do bigger deals now?

Once you start seeing the deals, I'd start with one market to actually invest before I branch out. 

As others have mentioned, starting with a turnkey property could be a great way to learn the ropes of real estate investing before branching out into other strategies.Best of luck!

Major employers like JP Morgan and AT&T are pushing for these policies as well, and specifically in the D.C. region, Amazon HQ2, the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, and the Executive Branch of the government have required all employees to return to work 5 days a week at those locations.Fundamental Lack of Residential SupplyAnother interesting driver of demand is the fundamental lack of supply of housing stock due to the fallout effects of the 2008 housing crisis, slowdowns in housing construction during Covid-19 primarily in 2020, and a good amount of 2021 from supply chain issues, labor shortages, and rising construction costs.

The real competitor of ATM is bank branch, in terms of withdrawing cash.

If you ever want to branch out to the beach area, I am happy to help!