By fat the best experience in REI. 

Thought it might be helpful to share a link to the current MF listings on the MLS, just to give a sense of what's available:https://www.flexmls.com/share/...I'm happy to help in any way I can in recommending local resources to you.

But word on the street is--it's a BIG FAT YES of an area!

If it's a big fat question mark / no, then we try to politely say sorry.

But at this stage I am just gathering as much information and attaining as much knowledge as I possibly can, in order to begin my real estate investing career the right way.

To answer your question, contact as many brokers as you can in the area.

However, if you are part owner, you can, in many states, take a draw for managing.Not legal advice, you will lose ALL your money and get sued.  

I fix the problem fast as I can. In

Or do you want to start putting money that you have earned to work in assets that is giving you money back that you can in turn reinvest? 

I don't know what courts look like in TX, but in the Los Angeles area of CA, a tenant can in reality draw out the eviction process to as long as 8 months easily by various tactics (incorrectly filling out forms, using different addresses, initiating bankruptcy, lying, and so on).