I have a dumpster arriving on Monday and some kid labor to clean it.

When I first arrived here almost 5 years ago, I knew I wanted to get into real estate but had no idea what I wanted to do or where to start.

for me it was too late by the time I arrived

I've used the strategies others have mentioned with success:Ultrasonic repellant devices (spaced every 20' or so if you can)Bounce fabric softener sheetsSteel wool and/or expanding foam in every crack and crevice that makes sense.If your cleaners aren't arriving right away, you will need someone to do a "check out" procedure after guests leave, to make sure the trash is immediately taken out, and no food of any kind is present, wipe countertops, etc.

Despite all his bluster, they were gone the next day.As an aside, that 4-track was a fairly new arrival to the property. 

I handled maintenance.When January arrived, we bought it and I just continued doing what I had been doing for six months.

Brandon mentioned lowering the offer and something else I can't remember to arrive at a purchase price that'll give closer to a 12% cash on cash return.

Start connecting with Realtors in the Texas area for you can begin looking at properties once you arrive.

The fire department arrived and they flooded the kitchen and chopped the walls open.

I am most comfortable with SFR but am intrigued by a duplex to quad unit, but at the same time they worry me if I ever had to get out quickly and quality of tenant potential.So my thoughts on my options are:--Take out both HELOC's and 401k loans and sit on that cash in a money market or similar vehicle along with what I have already to wait for the crash (whenever it arrives), using my personal and rental cash flow and redirecting the extra I'm paying on those existing mortgages to pay off the HELOC and loans quickly--Use my HELOC and stockpiled cash today to go into another, cheaper market somewhere else in the US, and buy up 3-8 more properties, either leveraged or outright.