If i do choose to buy in NY, i plan on refinancing the earliest possible for a lower rate.

Maybe create an informal neighborhood organization with a set of goals and mission statement... 

If you don't file with the Tx SoS, you operate under the default rules of the Texas Business Organizations Code.

If you need that face to face time you can organize a skype call or spend a couple hundred dollars to fly out to where the property is.

They resist termites and other wood destroying organisms better although almost every house does still have wood trusses.3.

I don’t wholesale personally as I think it has a terrible ROI but if you are inclined to seek out distressed properties, the only real scalable option are FB advertising as Account Closed suggested or direct mail with an well organized, scripted telephone program.  

@Thurman Kennedy I highly recommend SAREIA is a great organization, just the right amount of structure for new investors, and value for the seasoned investors as well.  

The National Association of Realtors® is the second largest lobbying organization in the country, I suspect they would throw all their cash reserves at trying to prevent this kind of thing, but there is also a good chance Amazon's model would resonate with local governments as a way to boost the economy as not paying 5-6 percent to sell would increase a homeowner's discretionary spending money and increase the collective net worth of homeowners to the tune of hundreds of billions dollars.

The earliest I can find anywhere is episode 123. 

Ideally, you would now prime the wall with two coats of oil-based primer like Kilz Original while wearing a respirator equipped with organic vapor cartridgessIf that doesn't work, the plaster or drywall has to be replaced, with all the mess and expense involved.