It's one of the absolute worst parts of rental property investing of any variety.Your first step is going to be to research Texas law, and then narrow it down to the particular county and municipality this property is in.

I don't think you can use GoFundMe or Kickstarter to fund real estate investments (but I have never tried), and there are many securities laws you would need to be careful of if you went that route.Basically any asset you have a value is a way to gain access to the downpayment money.That being said, the question comes across that you are very new to real estate, specifically the various ways to finance deals.  

As for the manager I hope to hire, we plan to build him a house attached to the on-site office that will accommodate him, his wife, and his mother in law who are to serve as relief for him as needed.

But Governors do get members of their state legislature to introduce legislation on their behalf that they will later sign into law.

I'm assuming I would need to go to a law firm but I am not sure who would provide this particular service. 

So IRS redemption rights are at a minimum 120 days, but they follow state law as to minimum redemption period so in AL you would have six months to possibly two years on IRS redemption.

On top of that we have 50 states each one different laws and customs..

Eviction laws and rules can vary from state to state or city to city.

They might know the laws better since I do not live in that area.

If so , my question is, can you provide any case law?