Research led me to a couple of videos of former ND players coming back to build development into the area.

Some people seem to get locked in to one place they find, or a place a friend or family member is selling without really evaluating the available market.In a small town in East Texas I would think your biggest risk is a big player coming to town that can absolutely crush a smaller player. 

Those are the players for residential...commercial the same way.

Yes, the more units you go up, generally the less players in the game so there is some advantage in purchase competition as you go up, but also more management scale and cap ex for someone who is new.3.

Keep a leverage player on hand, if you find a great deal.

Do you have a CLUE how many big players still make a fortune wholesaling?

Hire only “A Players”.  

You should engage with the local players in the commercial market i.e.

Agree, STR are saturated but given the numbers, I expect unsuccessful players will leave the market.  

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