Would it be better to stay in San Antonio and network with people in San Antonio?

Most importantly, they are disrespectful and bad business people.

Like most people have noted, Costco and Amazon are the best places to go.

I tell people all the time: if you can't find a quality PM in a market, don't invest in that market!

People just don't know what they don't know and there is a lot more to real estate transactions than looking at Zillow and using the state form to fill out a contract.   

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I'm certain there are plenty of people in the community willing to help. 

I've also held of holding properties in individual LLCs that are owned by one S corporation, which allows for a 60 / 40 split between ordinary income (regular tax) and dividends (capital gains tax rate).With the goal of minimizing taxation and liability protection, what would be the recommendation from more experienced people here?

There are a lot of people that are wanting to owner occupy, which has driven greater demand for these properties. 

So many people come in and are looking for a spreadsheet to estimate for them and they don't understand the basics of what numbers they are inputting.