But I'm not an attorney and don't live in TX, so take both of those figures with a big grain on salt.  

@Jabari Seabrook..I appreciate your lengthy and detailed post, however please take things with a grain of salt, even including what I'm going to tell you. 

One expense to watch out for us maintenance and repair as the salt air damages everything faster than a traditional environment.

Any advice people have would be appreciated, we are located in the Salt Lake City, Utah area. 

You will also find every syndication group worth their salt, freely records podcasts, writes blogs, creates videos or produces content to help empower a person to be a LP. 

I found a property in Salt Lake City, Utah that is owned by a person in prison.

I've had some ridiculous legal wranglings before, the most onerous being an EXTREMELY poor former employee at a non-profit I serve on the board of, but that only took just over a year to salt away.

I'm a pretty new investor, so take my thoughts with a grain of salt.

The books mentioned on these forums  like The Millionnaire Real Estate Investor  etc and also googling on  youtube and going through AIRDNA , Awning And Rabbu ,,of course take it with grain of salt,,

I made a little over $100k on a wholetail transaction earlier this year in Salt Lake City, Utah.