Since you are in Dallas, TX you can go on the Colling County Clerks's web site and get access to all the foreclosure listings every month. 

If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.”James Allen, As a Man ThinkethThe human brain is much more powerful than many realize.

Most PM companies have thin margins, meaning they don't produce a lot of profit.

Do the same strategy or use the funds to buy a duplex or triplex, the best thing to do would be to get a property that can produce you income from multiple tenants in my opinion.

Confirm that the Debt Service Company used, will provide you with easy access to:      - monthly/quarterly/annual statements of your pymt history    - ideally, easy user login web or app access     - 1098 or annual (interest payment) tax documentation mailed, emailed, or pdf download-able     - alerts, notifications, and pymt scheduling options for: pymt due, pymt applied/received, outstanding balance, etc.3.

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Helping me to reflect on my real estate journey and strategize for next stage.Thanks to others who contributed to this discussion.My approach would be..Just like any other investments, we need to reposition ourselves every few years .. so do 1031 with properties appreciated for couple of small SFH with positive cash flow ( either keeping the same leverage or deleveraging if possible).That way, goal is getting right mix of appreciating properties and income producing properties - thus stabilizing the portfolio .

You may find a 3/2 of equal quality and same neighborhood one producing $100k a year in income the other doing $55k and then you know about how much having a pool will affect income.

ACtive management locally is always better produce outcomes compare to "semi passive outsource" to OOS.

Over the years we've produced split tests that have shown that larger CTAs tend to convert better than smaller ones, Jerryll has stepped into this and really expanded the size of CTAs even more.