It gets hard to meet the 50% rule when taxes eat up such a large chunk.That said, for cash flow I would focus on first ring suburbs such as Garland and Mesquite.

I am a Realtor in Dallas, TX (Rockwall, TX) looking in Garland and Mesquite areas for "buy and hold" rentals... 

I'd look at Garland, East Dallas, Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Irving, Arlington, and others.You can get into some of those areas at $60K with $900 rentals and still be in relatively safe, working class neighborhoods.If you are willing to rehab, you can buy for $25-45K, fix for 15-25K, and rent.for $850-$1100.

Hi Jon,2 bed/1 bath goes around $8001 bed/1 bath seems reasonableefficiency seems reasonableIt's in the Richardson/Garland area.

And I saw that you were from Sachse- I used to live in both Garland and Rowlett for a little while.

I moved into one of the units, I minimize the amount of monthly cost for housing, and I actually sold it for a substantial profit in less than one year.Being somewhat familiar with the Texas market place owning apartments in Garland and single-family residences in Rio Grande Valley, I would not think it would be extremely difficult to find a duplex in the area that you live in that would provide you a lot of the benefits that I've mentioned in this post.

I live in Garland but since the Dallas area is so competitive for Wholesalers I've decided to focus in more rural areas.So my question is, are there Buyers interested in country properties?

I ran the numbers on a property valued at $135K in Garland and the cash flow was already below $150 with 6.0% cash on cash return so any property above that price point in DFW I would imagine would be tough to have cash flow.

What do you think of areas in Dallas county like Garland, Mesquite, Fair Park etc.?

And Mesquite and Garland provide some opportunities.The key is to find a deal, and know your neighborhoods.