I'm not an agent and don't plan on using one for the transaction I'm thinking of making in the next couple of weeks. 

Our focus is on delivering 20 top-tier leads each week, so you can spend less time on lead generation and more time closing deals.If you’re interested in streamlining your lead flow and enhancing your success in the Texas market, I’d love to discuss how we can work together.Looking forward to your thoughts!

Easiest and least costly is to go there and spend a week or so to get everything in order.Another one is to hire someone trustworthy and pay them to put it in their garage or in a storage unit for a month

I’m planning to take the test on second week of January  

We will have a light recession + higher inflation, but not hyperinflation and this euphoria we've faced in the last 4 weeks.

I’m also a long term equity guy, so just having tenant pay my mortgage is enough of a deal in current climate.On the positive rents are very high for this area and even this time of year when normally I’d see no leads for an open unit I’m seeing 1-2 a week for unit we’re remodeling.Good luck in the search and congrats for doing it yourself.  

Quote from @Chas Lumley: Hey all,I'm looking to make an offer on my first rental this week and was wanting to get different inputs on LLC vs Umbrella policies.I will be using a conventional loan and I was told by my loan officer that I can not buy the property under an LLC, but I could transfer to an LLC after acquiring. 

I see two that sold there in last 6 months - one was a 2 bed, 2,500 sq ft cabin that sold for 885k last week.

Over the last three weeks I've read 7 of the real estate books and spent hours listening to biggerpockets podcasts trying to learn as much as a I can and narrow down my focus.

We had a few hiccups with the timing of contractors on site and it lead to a 4 to 6 week delay.