Look up Ashley Bettencourt (Revive Realty) and Mark Green/Christie Gray.

In the book long distance real estate investing David Greene talks about the deal finder being the single most important person on your team.

One I talk with is @Grant Greene.

Maybe you've come a cross a book that really stood out and helped you understand the process.

Read each Zone in detail, unless they have a cross referencetable showing “allowed” and “special use”.C.

You might want to look into seller financing the rest of the DP or cross collateralizing other properties to come up with 100% financing. 

Here is cross reference between landlord friendly states and their associated property taxes :)LANDLORD FRIENDLY X LOW TAXESWESTIdahoWyomingColoradoArizonaUtah (moderately friendly)New Mexico (moderately friendly)MIDWESTSOUTHWest VirginiaAlabamaLouisianaSouth CarolinaArkansasMississippiTennessee (moderately friendly)NORTHEASTLANDLORD FRIENDLY X MODERATE TAXESWESTMontanaAlaskaMIDWESTIndianaOklahomaMissouriNorth DakotaSouth DakotaSOUTHKentuckyNorth CarolinaFloridaGeorgiaVirginia (moderately friendly)NORTHEASTLANDLORD FRIENDLY X HIGH TAXESWESTMIDWESTOhioMichiganIowa (moderately friendly)Wisconsin (moderately friendly)Illinois (Chicago is tenant friendly)SOUTHTexasNORTHEASTPennsylvaniaNew Hampshire (moderately friendly)

I like Texas as an investment, but don't know anything specifically about Plano.Dave Meyer has some good information about markets to invest in: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...I recommend you read "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene.

Either David Greene or someone else said this, there's always a number that works.

Quote from @Lynn Green: I had a "good" CPA for five years until we had to part ways due to the lack of knowledge on real-estate tax deductions.