I believe that in general Texas homeowners usually pay a higher rate than some other states simply due to the exposure that Texas has because of its geographical size.

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The geographic location is fantastic, surrounded by great neighborhoods, gentrification with higher incomes and rents, etc. 

What are your geographic boundaries?  

A good portion of our clients diversify their portfolio geographically across the greater Memphis area so that an earthquake wouldn't take out all of their houses at once.  

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That equates to a certain pot of money, the size of which is dependent on your geographic area.

I never understood that title, it's quite in-descriptive. 

I would review her mortgage docs to try to find mistakes in the docs, like a misquoted APR, a mistake in the legal description, an escrow over charge in payments, an  illegal interest.  

Generally speaking, my thought has been to keep my investment properties within the same geographical boundaries simply because of easier logistics if I need/want to see the properties.