Quote from @Zachary Deal: Choose neutral safe tones and get nice materials but don't splurge too much on very fancy cabinets, counters, appliances that someone else may not value the same as you.This is so true.

And while nothing is foolproof the most consistent method of finding good vendors is relying on OTHER real estate investors that have worked with those vendors. 

Nice property in Texas and the entry is 12k.

Meaning if you invest around 200,000 for a nice sized 1bed 1.5 adu Im sure you can rent close to $2000/m.

What other methods should I use to acquire another property? 

There are so many shady sellers out there that you meet online, so it's nice to work with folks who will shoot you straight.

From personal experience, there are multiple issues that can pop up and it is nice to be local to deal with them.

I have a lot in a nice community in Gouldsborough that I have not been able to sell.

A subdivision of nice $400k homes was built across the street back around 2004.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.