How can I effectively gather evidence to support my eviction case, such as documenting the disturbances, obtaining witness statements from other tenants, and documenting the tenant's interactions with my son?

However, many times its just not practical or cost effective to put the work into it because in many cases its not easy to do.

What makes it slow in this case is that you don't really start seeing real cash flow until after year five but it's more effective than rentals in that there is little to no maintenance.Sure you can live in a home while fixing it up with the intention of selling it for a nice profit later but I think many people are already doing that and the buyers of slow flips now also have that opportunity without having to qualify with a bank.

Also, your total returns go down without any leverage because you lose the multiplier effect of appreciation.Now, to answer your question.

Can you provide guidance on how to get started and some effective strategies?

Being abroad adds risk to your file and terms will be effected in some way or another.  

Most come out ahead over an extended period of time by buying better quality assets where they perhaps have to leave some capital in the property but find themselves able to sell for real gains or refinance out appreciated equity and scale more effectively that way. 

So in effect investors already lost 15-20% of money. 

Net effect, typically, means distributions are not taxed in current year, but do lower your basis resulting in larger tax bill upon sale.Depreciation reflected in the net gain/loss from rental box on K-1.  

The Austin metro market is approaching that territory.Here are the full stats for Austin and the greater metro:On the rental front, a recent Redfin report placed Austin atop the list for the largest year-over-year decline in median rents among US metros:Appropriate rental pricing and high-quality marketing are vital to navigating the current leasing market effectively.