There are also sites where you can grab free lists of off-market properties to get started with prospecting.I also saw you attended some classes and webinars and I hope they were free or the fee was nominal.

Quote from @Neal Schadler: I have several properties in Cleveland and the surrounding areas.

Purchase price: $105,000 Cash invested: $90,000 Property needed some serious rehab, from trees roots destroying the basement walls, to plumbing, electrical, to roofing, landscape.

@Noy Rivlin Most single family homes that make sense as rental properties are about $125k-$225k.

Something basic and simple, shows a property, the numbers, the potential return, how to cash out investors, how to document taxable spending etc.  

It never hurts to talk to agents, lenders or anyone else in the real estate realm, getting their insights and opinions never hurts.Keep analyzing different properties, you'll see (as you know) that Dallas is a large area and different prices in different areas, so see where you could potentially live and run numbers there.

I wholesale some properties, and others make sense to take down as rentals.

We've been buying properties in the southern US and have had pretty good success.

We had a property with this type of sewer and replaced it with PVC, a much improved product. 

I can do the parade of horribles for a personally owned rental property but suffice it to say that it is a long and robust parade and the horribles are horrible.