In Texas, as a licensed agent, you’re generally required to use TREC-approved forms for real estate transactions unless an exception applies, like (I believe) leases longer than 1 year or where no TREC form exists.

I am new to real estate investing and looking to connect with any local investor.

I am looking to purchase real estate for both investment purpose as well as to offset as much tax liability as possible. 

I'm new to real estate investing, but have thrown myself into learning as much as I can by joining a Veteran based investment community, have been working with my realtor and looking daily for potential multi family properties in the Dallas area for house hacking, which I've set myself an deadline to be completed by May.

@Christopher MorrisYou hit the nail on the head.The “retire on real estate cash flow” gurus sell the dream of quick retirement from cash flow.Buy two houses a year that each cash flow $1000 a month and retire in 5 years, they preach.Or invest passively in real estate syndications and financial freedom will soon be yours, they promise.What they don’t tell you is:In order to owner enough real estate to generate say $10,000 a month income let’s say, you need at least $2M of capital invested in YES cash flowing real estate.Let’s say one could buy rental real estate that provides a 6% annual cash on cash return.

That is why it is hard to get regular real estate loans on assets valued so low, the cost of the refinance makes it so you are paying higher than they can legally charge you percentage wise.

There is no stock account that gives the leverage real estate does, at as low interest rate real estate does, at as low risk/ volatility real estate does. 

Quote from @V.G Jason: The real question is duration of these tariffs. 

There is a lot of variability in this answer and, like all things in real estate, it simply depends. 

Get to real estate meetups and network with people out there doing deals.