I didn't know how to react to that.

I'm a native and I currently reside in Jax... so I can give you my perspective on the area where these properties are located.

I plan to go speak to all the tenants once the deal is closed and see how they react to possible rent increase and covering utilities.  

A little about me: I'm a Seattle native and I love the Seahawks.

How do you react when things go wrong? 

What you need to do is determine how you want to policy to react when there is a claim.What do you want the policy to do when you have a $5000 claim? 

You can react once it happens, if you find out.I would probably rent to them based on their honesty (I have rented to several tenants that smoked) but I let these types of tenants know that I have used thousands of dollars worth of tenants damage deposit to remove the smoke odors that they created.

I am Southern California native raised right here in Los Angeles County.

You can control how you react to it.

In my opinion the real estate remain still a good investment/business because has the "SLOW" characteristic that means that do not react directly proportionally with the stock market and no matter is going to happen the people needs a roof...Anyway, about the Houston market, I was just reading from the Houston Business Journal that the top 10 jobs are based on medical and/or import/export industries, no one was in the oil & gas area.Another KPI is that Houston have still a shortage of houses respect to the request.However, if you driving around downtown/uptown you can see a lot of new buildings/condo/town etc... that are ready to open...In conclusion, I think there are a lot of opportunities in the Clutch city...