This month alone she has reported me to the City for code violations and today i got a letter from an attorney stating that her dogs have to stay because they are service animals.  

@Tyler SmiarowskiLow Income areas can be quite profitable and as others point out are a different animal and take additional attention.

Florida's a different animal from lots of other states. 

I had a tenant submit a Emotional support animal application on petscreening.com and petscreening.com returned the application to the tenant stating it does not meet the FHA/HUD guidelines as the documentation is insufficient to support the ESA.

I would call it a triplex, considering we have one property that has 2- 1 bed apartments and a studio and that's a triplex.I wish I could say that the next time you buy, it will go smoother, but so far we've had delays on each of our 3 purchases.  

In my area, to get an acreage with a decent enough house for a small family, and at least 4+ acres for animal zoning and pasture, with halfway decent fencing and animal shelter, within 30 mins of the city limits, you're looking at about $550,000+.

I understand she does not have a well trained animal and with children on the property,anybodies but yours especially, you want the dog gone.

The market is definitely stronger now (in part due to out-of-state investors) but Round Rock can be tricky.I'm originally from the Chicago area where you can count on 6% appreciation per year like clockwork since WWII but I'm finding Texas is a whole different animal with negative appreciation mixed in with weak and strong years depending on the most recent oil bust or dot.com bust.The last few years have seen a lot of zero down entry level homes being sold with ARMs that are about to unlock after the inital 3-5 year period.

We send out a tenant profile with all the criteria via email and it contains info on animals, smoking, credit scores, income requirements, tenant screening requirements and so forth.

Looking to convert your 4-plex into a side-by-side duplex is a smart move, and the "scaling down" approach is generally smoother.