@Elvin WilliamI normally invest in the Dallas area in B and C class neighborhoods.

For example, he said his brother has looked at homes in the Dallas area that have depreciated in the past 12 months.I will likely have some vacancies, and maybe evictions.I will need to spend money on repairs and maintenance.Other expenses: property tax, HOA (hopefully not), insurance, legal costs, and closing/selling.

The little handyman at the PM company I work with in Dallas is asking me investing advice and wants to take a HELOC on his dad's house to buy some properties....just hearing stuff like this is so wrong.

I'm an investor interested in buy-and-hold properties in the north Dallas area, particularly Sherman and Denison. 

I am interested in dallas market.

Where are real estate investors getting their probate lists to market to in Dallas and Collin counties (DFW areas)??

@Jon YoungHouse hacking can be hard in the higher priced market such as Dallas Fort Worth area but there are other ways of buying property.

I recommend to my fellow investor clients many other areas in the Dallas/Ft.

I help many beginner investors over the years buy and sell here in the Dallas/Ft.

Typical DST is less than 50%LTV and theyare more into 'capital preservation' rather than 'cowboy operation' like in some syndications.