I am curious if I am understanding the only way a tenant in Texas has a right to withhold rent is if there is an amicable agreement between tenant and landlord or if the landlord fails to remedy a problem with the house that impacts the the safety and health of the tenants.I am trying to keep things simple and not complicated on this question. :)

And as we know, of the ones who dont actually fail and make it...even then, the median income is only around $40k per year. 

While the risks are not as great if you are just hiring one or two people, failing to properly distinguish between an employee and subcontractor can raise major headaches down the line. 

It has failed once when a tenant failed to put the key back and locked themselves out before we were over to have verified the key was present and to change the combo. 

It failed to close because the HOA had terrible finances and the bank wouldn't loan as a result.

I had friends that were REALTORS in Hawaii during the peak market and they failed despite working very hard at it.

I was just wondering whether most investors find the deals first, get it under contract, and then find funding, or if they find funding first and then find the deal to get under contract.So far I've had a few other potential JV deals approach me and it seems like most people are getting deals under contract first and then reaching out for funding, but I'm wondering what happens if the investor has a deal under contract but fails to find sufficient funding for the project.

A bad tenant that fails to pay rent for one month and leaves the place damaged could easily cost you $5,000 - $10,000.

My property manage company started to have late checks, bounced checks, and miss paying checks since 2018. Now I changed property manager. I called and emailed, the owner never reply. The property manager said she col...

But the experience from some of these people is worth a hell of a lot and to just ignore it because youre locked Int a faIlIng strategy just seems silly.If you want to repeat this in a new market and repeat getting shut down by the city a few years later it’s no sweat off any of our backs... expect yours.