I can whole-heartedly agree with @Carrie Hiner about the quality of life compared to CA.

So, relax and do whats in your heart/gut!

​Hi BP community, (This is my second maybe third time introducing myself to an online community, so bare with me) My name is Kelly Arkadie, my wife Margie there in the picture on left, (just in case there some confusion on who is "Kelly")  we were both  born and raised here deep in the heart of Texas.

@Jeff Dulla thanks I will@Jaclyn McClellan thanks, I will think with math instead of my heart and make sure to protect myself.

The heart of the question is Why properties actually for sale are not on the MLS? 

I truly had their best interests at heart when I had the cleaner come in.

I have gotten pretty good at getting to the heart of what tenants are after in a negotiation, but doing that for property (and business) owners for me has proven to be much more difficult.  

Pro: Higher day one cash faux.Con: You need to hop on a plane (or long car drive) to visit your property, which leads to ...Con: You are less familiar with the market.Con: You are 100% dependent on complete strangers to make or break your investment for you and keep your best financial interests at heart above their own.Con: Can't easily verify work is being completed in a quality or timely manner.Con: If problems do arise, it will take you longer to find out and they will grow larger in that time.Con: If something goes wrong that your team can't fix (or in all likelyhood caused) then it is harder to for you to step in to fix it, stabilize the asset, and recover.Con: Lower appreciation and rent growth ... if you think this is speculative and not consistent, then review the last 50 years of price trends in the market you are in now vs the out of state market you are considering.Con: Lower tenant quality.

When you reach the upper echelon of earning, companies want your heart and soul.

Section 8 is often not for the faint of heart.