I pay a small extra amount towards the principal of the mortgages from the cash flow each month to help speed the process along.

That allows you to speed up the ARV and use the equity to pull your initial capital back out in as little as 6 months.

Does it decrease maintenance or speed up your unit turns down the road?

@Peter Mosites, I bought Speed Queen washer/dryers with a card system called Spyderwash.

Quote from @Eric James: Keep in mind in TX you likely won't be able to get title insurance for 2-3 years on a tax sale property, so not a good idea to spend money until then. can you do a quiet title to speed up the process ??? 

For example, if in the rental application you don't put xyz it's illegal and you can get suedif in the rental application you mention xyz it's illegal and you can get suedif you put clause xyz in the lease, it's illegal and you can get suedif you don't put xyz clause in the lease, it's illegal and you can get suedif you sign the lease wrong, the whole lease is void and you don't have a leaseif you don't provide xyz to the tenant, you can get suednot to mention how unfriendly my state is with respect to landlords, if a tenant is not paying rent, good luck evicting them. plenty of properties in my market for dirt cheap because it has deadbeat tenants and nobody wants to deal with them.yes in an ideal world I have 20 lawyers and accountants on speed dial who I can call any time, but lawyers and accountants are expensive and I have done the math, at best if you are really lucky you can barely cover your mortgage, I don't have money for a lawyer.

Since I'm not, leverage was just another tool to speed things up.

So, we are back to working with Wealthability to find us a CPA that is more our speed.

@Gregory GreeneHi Gregory,I love AZ just moved back last year and to be honest with you the market is really hot and almost all deals are going at list or over list so it is a bit difficult but with a bit of speed and hard work very possible.

SEO is more of a "brand recognition" method than a lead generation thing, it will pay off down the road but you'll have to be consistent for 1-2 years before you start to see results...