The best thing you can do is familiarize yourself with Housing Quality Standards (HQS) and ensure your property meets them before your initial inspection.

Use your $30k for down payment or initial rehab but budget extra for unexpected repairs.Your lead methods (D4D, DealMachine) are strong.

My initial research has been outside OKC, Killeen, TX, and maybe Ohio.

Of the other properties we actually closed on and then due to having a number of things going on or needing our initial Capital back sooner than we thought we resold the properties quickly as is. 

This creates a negative initial position.

They do a good job of regularly releasing episodes and they frequently talk about starting out with their initial capital pool and growing their business. 

I would like to start generating some passive-income and start with some residential properties in my initial portfolio.   

Many people I speak with initially gravitate towards the "cheaper" areas because "numbers are better." 

Initially, the business was cash-flow positive for the first three months, but things have declined since then.I received several negative reviews due to cleaning issues, and it took me over a year—cycling through multiple cleaners and settling for an average one—before finally hiring a great cleaner.

From what I’ve heard, it costs around $1,000 to initiate an eviction with an attorney.