@Nathan Killebrew“Id rather be a warrior in a garden than a Gardner in a war”.

Why not try stopping by a local garden center & asking what they would recommend & get prices (unless you don't have these in Texas & people go to Home Depot?)

They were upset at the thought of a year of construction and losing the view of greenspace/gardens on my lot.   

I think my first purchase will use an FHA loan (or some variant thereof) to buy a quadruplex in the central gardens area, but that is only my current line of thought and I'll try and be flexible if another opportunity presents itself.Anyways, that's me in a nutshell.

I’ve got a SFH and it’s got a small front and side yard but the back yard has a chain link fence and is big enough that all of my tenants for the past 3 years have had a vegetable garden and there is plenty of room that if any of them had had children there would be enough space for them to spread out and play.

Right now a lot of plants are on sale at garden centres. 

For example areas like Coral Gables, Pinecrest and Doral have much lower rental returns than areas like Cutler Bay, Miami Gardens, Fontainbleau, etc. 

For local networking join the RPAWI.ORG, next summer social in August on the South Shore Terrace Beer garden, also on FB.

I lived there for a time and met all my gardeners, handymen, plumbers, and electricians.

gardener?