I am also fortunate enough to have a family member who is well off that is very supportive of me investing, so if I find the right deal he most likely would be very interested in helping me. 

Cost me a small fortune.

We were fortunate enough to link up with a skilled contractor looking to build a business (which we have done, we own a successful local painting company) and were able to form a partnership that has propelled us years in advance (on the contracting/renovation side) and allowed us to focus on building our acquisition business.

We have been fortunate to get good guidance when we started and happy to do my part.   

"Hewlett Packard Enterprise joins more than 50 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the Lone Star State, including 22 in the Houston area alone.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) I had a bad experience with property managers I interviewed.

I overlooked this -- fortunately the tenants are keeping it to the garage. 

COViD has cancelled our work travel for the foreseeable future which was kinda fortunate

But fortunately have clarity now.

You are very fortunate to be based in the Twin Cities, as we have one of the strongest real estate markets in the whole country!