Bought my first duplex about two years ago which I live on the top part of the duplex and I have a toilet pay me rent on the bottom half just looking to start acquiring more properties any help would be greatly appreciated thank you.

What about portable toilets?

LTR we only get calls during emergencies, not asking us "how far is it from X" or "do you have a frying pan" or other basic questions. 

This is in central Texas, close to Austin TX so it's likely to increase with the big companies moving in.Rental rate: 3.5K/month (Tenants would be middle-to-high income families with school-aged kids)The house is almost 20 yrs old so could use some paint touchups, flooring buffing, toilets, etc. but overall in decent condition.I'm thinking I'll fix these things as a rental so I can deduct it from the rental income and then plan to sell in 3 years to keep the cap gains exclusion as a primary residence.Rental rate doesn't pass the 1% rule of thumb. 

Offer Seller Finance, agree on terms and condition, and collect a monthly mortgage payment, you will still technically control the property without a property management, and taxes, insurance, toilets will be the responsibility of the tenant/Buyer.

@Joe Splitrock, she and her kids out over 150 holes in the walls and all of the doors and flooded a toilet and broke two crisper drawers in the fridge, and had a dog that peed on all of the floors, and lost all of the keys, and drew permanent marker on all of the walls and doors.

To reduce your water costs, do a “water walk through” and ensure each and every faucet and toilet does NOT drip or run.

I understand some investors discuss their success about how giving multiple options/offers to the seller has worked in their favor, but in today's market I'm not quite sure how this would pan out.

Honestly I wanted to have everyone in our meetup group get together and order bulk materials toilets everything and keep a storage unit so we all worked together and saved money.

@Alecia Loveless thank you, my credit is excellent,  glad to know this won't put it in the toilet!