We purchased it the traditional way by going through an agent, we viewed some houses on our second trip out there and ended up picking one and going for it.

If you found yourself in a legal battle over pick your scenario, you could save money by being your own council or you could hire a professional to get you the best chance of things ending in your favor.

One of my units has a rather large door that came off it's hinges. 

Once again, they did not go cheap...they could have spent $400 ish dollars to buy me a cheap DQ (I still expected as much) but they offered $1500 as a top limit and said go ahead and pick a new one!

-new doors (all of the interior and exterior doors are new, including new hardware locks, hinges, etc)-new kitchen countertop-new waterproof treated butcher block countertops-new large kitchen sink with stretch faucet-new extensive shelving in the large closets-new tubs, shower surrounds, faucets (brushed nickel)-new toilets-new vanities, sinks, faucets -new bathroom hardware (brushed nickel)-Bluetooth bathroom fans with speakers-custom recessed shelving -3 entrances to house: front, side and rear-historic rod iron fence in front yard (refinished) What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

There is still good money to be made in AZ, FL, GA, TX and other states, however, picking the right submarkets is key.

Basically sounds like you’re putting down an extra $20k for…Him choosing the property (I assume/hope it’s really you both choose or it’s actually to his advantage to pick it, so this I feel can be disregarded.)Him running all the property management. 1) feels like he might get sick of doing all the work and forget why he’s doing it. 2) you’re paying $20k more to not have to do it so how long would it take for property management fees to reach $40k?

It might be a weird time to pick up multifamily rentals since there is a massive apartment complex being built at the moment, but single family should be pretty safe.Also worth mentioning San Antonio is experiencing massive appreciation right now and a portion of that is certain to spill over into the Corpus area based on proximity and a lot of San Antonio residents vacationing there.

The people who live and die by those rules are stepping over dollars to pick up dimes and missing opportunities everywhere around them.

I get like 30 friggin calls, and I HAVE to pick up because I run a business.It is SO frustrating if I ONLY knew where they lived..