I assume the first house hasn’t appreciate much if at all and that’s why you didn’t sell it and take the tax free gain that could take 10+ years to overcome as a rental?

Because real estate always goes up and the maintenance fairy takes care of all repairs free of charge.Seems like a recipe for disaster. 

I’d be happy to help—feel free to reach out!

It's my understanding the Gator Method consists of providing short term loans to cover other investor's earnest money deposits.

If you have any more questions or think you'll need help securing funding for any future projects, feel free to DM me.

I mention all this to in short say, expect very high maintenance on the front end. 

It has a text capability.With that said, I'm spending a lot of time in Twilio right now as I see huge upside coming in that platform.You could be up and running with Podio & Globiflow for text within a very short time.

Hello Joshua, we invest in West Texas area, all short-term rentals (4 1/2 years experience).

I am on the lending side of things so feel free to reach out if you ever want to talk shop and finance options that are out there. 

When you live in that duplex for 2 years and then sell you'll be able to take 50% of the profit tax free (the allocation for the side you lived in).