Who is their architect for all plans and permitting?

You should have a ton of demand for co-living in that area, particularly if you're on a busline.If you plan to sell anytime in the near future - I'd advise against putting a tenant in there well under market on a long term lease.

Took an extra 6 weeks than planned,  but ultimately got it done. 

That means paying all cash isn’t an option unless you plan to bring another $600k to the table. . 

I only plan to manage these two from out of state until we're able to refinance our second home as we're losing money on this particular house for rent as we bought this home last year. 

Plenty of people do have 10-20 unit and work thru it, you just need to think it thru and have a plan if you don't want to do all the work. 

With careful planning and market analysis, Dallas can be an excellent place to grow your portfolio.Good luck!

My original plan was to find a 4 plex in california buy using fha loan, move out after the first year and generate cash flow and appreciation, but after looking at properties it became clear to me that’s not possible with todays market and interest rates.

I love my job and plan to do this type of work forever.

According to him, some of the DST operators/brokers work together to sell off DST assets much sooner than planned.