Generally speaking older homes are not that popular in Texas; Waco Chip and Joanna factor not withstanding.

So another method might be, if you exhaust the options above you can speak to the tenants and see if they will sign a new lease paying market rent, for you to renovate their units.

Account Closed did you transition to a portfolio lender before exhausting your other options?

I currently have about 30K cash as a down payment but did not want to exhaust all of my cash, I also have money in my 401K that I could roll over to an SDIRA as well, please let me know your thoughts.  

Could I withstand whatever is thrown at me in this "fragile" new investor state?

The seller had to contribute the amount to escrow for future use and if I were to refinance before exhausting all funds in escrow then the unused funds would be refunded to me.

Some lenders can do 3 months using a DSCR loan, but in my opinion (and I'm a DSCR broker) you should exhaust all of your conventional financing before you start to dabble in DSCR. 

And during that time I replaced the driveway, and a couple windows, a storm door, a new concrete step and installed a bathroom ceiling exhaust fan. 

With the slim chance I get sued, how likely is that a LLC will be able to  withstand the pressures of a attorney who is super motivated to squeeze every penny out of me?

Assuming you have a LLC setup for each property and you've exhausted all of the insurance money, the plaintiff's attorney is going to attempt to go after the assets of the LLC itself.