I am also invested in the McKinney area - the downtown area is charming and has a fair amount of original pre wwII housing stock in its historic district.

They also have a regular Podcasts "The House Flipping HQ Podcast with Justin Williams" and "I Love Real Estate Stories" by Andy McFarland.  

If I had the opportunity, I'd definitely invest there and enjoy the tax write off of a nice lunch in one of their charming downtown eateries once a month!  

I also work 9-5 and am trying to build up a portfolio so I no longer need to do this as I LOVE real estate. 

Here's the property:$1.1 M purchase price9 units totalx4 0/1 studios (low rents for area)x1 1/1 (empty needs to be gutted and rehabbed)x4 small Retail spaces 500 SF each - (street frontage, charming area, mainly residential but on a street with some retail, theres a significant amounts of foot and auto traffic)$600k down with $500k loan (this is due to the property being mixed use and the empty spaces) for $1.1M total in.GSI is currently 60k but could potentially be 100-110kI think it could be appraised for $1.3-1.4 after it's been renovated, rents raised, and retail fully rented with long term tenants.The problem is 3/4 of the retail spaces are empty and one studio needs to be gutted and rehabbed.

I was just looking back at my old post and found this one.. and I have been using your strategy for the past 2 years and its been working like a charm each time.

@Tyler Lingle Helped me get this charming bungalow in the heart of fountain square !

I'm originally from the area (orange county) and used to take trips to the "Nevele Resort" in the 90's and although it was very outdated, it had a charm about it and you really couldn't beat the beautiful mountainscape views.  

I used these exact questions to find my current property manager, and they worked like a charm.

Not only do the "landlords" not own the rentals, they don't own any property at all.All 3 of these applicants are as charming as can be.