Ideally, you'd want closer to $40k-$50k to feel truly comfortable and have a safety net for your first investment property.

If you want practical support without being bound to a specific system, an “in-house” advisor could be the ideal fit for you, offering versatility as you build your own approach.

You'll need good contact info for them to be able to collect, and ideally the new address for the tenant however which if you don't have can probably be found easily with some online sleuthing/ contacting their employer, skip tracing software, etc. 

They’re all accessible but would take a bit of effort to get to if there are tenants occupying both units.It seems like this may have not been the most ideal purchase then, with the biggest problem being that it’s a single family being rented as two units.

Yes, seen this movie before.

DSCR loans are ideal when your debt-to-income ratio is a concern, as they focus on the property’s cash flow rather than your personal financials.

. - ideally every operator is sound at all aspects of being an operator, but there are operators who are outstanding at the operational side that are a bit lacking on the communication side.  

I am from Dallas so I am familiar what areas would be considered "ideal".

Ideally, you'd want to avoid the properties that are overpriced and there are many in my humble opinion.I would never trust the ROI calculations from the developers, as they are meant to sell their condos.

In my ideal scenario, I would do some more entry level projects to start off while I learn the ins and outs, but my goal would be to eventually work on more luxury flips - larger scaled projects in more desirable neighborhoods (though fewer and farther between).