While there are some deals to be had, I think you are going to be very hard pressed to find the deal that you speak of in the Collin County/North Dallas area especially under $200K.  

The most pressing goal I would like to accomplish is to establish a network of RE professionals within the DFW area.

You have to consider the fact that what they did would likely disqualify them from your approval process, in and of itself, if you decided to press charges. 

We know it's a negative, we get it, don't need to press the negativity soo much.

We need some good press right now with rent strikes being threatened all over the place. 

(unless you want to fly to Canada and point out which multi family i should buy, cause that would be awesome) i will do my own work. it would be nice though, to have more tools in my toolbox, J was kind enough to open his toolbox for us, and though his method might not work everywhere, at least i, and others here, can learn from what he wrote. i would be hard pressed to learn anything from what you wrote but how to critique someone else. im a budding investor... everyone around me does that everyday about this path of mine...

(I know I am being hopeful) https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/promise-zones/promise-zones-overview/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/0....Yes, all cities offer investment opportunities but all of them do not offer incentives for businesses and individuals to own property and some offer better incentives. 

THAT is what truly kept us pressing forward.So we put in offers on all sorts of properties, some residential, some commercial.

In fact I believe they actually do a lot of their own press at these free blogs.

That being said, you will be hard-pressed to find anything within that all-in price tag.