Educate yourself.

You could continue to research good markets that cash flow, start connecting through BP w/local players that are doing what you want to do, travel to the area and really get to know it more, make connections w/brokers, property managers, attend any local BP or MF meetups you find out about.  

A combination of these will ensure you have all resources you need to make an educated decision. 

Im still on the education phase of Real Estate investing, but I want to better network myself.

m=9&y=17&utm_source=HAR%2FMLS+Master+List&utm_campaign=37e6c93251-January+2017+MLS+Release&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5c0a7c027d-37e6c93251-252424337Houston Real Estate Highlights in August, 2017: Hurricane Harvey ended ten consecutive months of positive single-family home sales, as volume plunged 25.4 percent year-over-year with 5,917 units sold;Despite Harvey’s rampage, single-family home sales remain 1.8 percent ahead of the 2016 volume on a year-to-date basis;Total property sales dropped 24.2 percent with 7,077 units sold;Total dollar volume fell 22.2 percent to $2.0 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.0 percent to $231,700;The single-family home average price increased 2.6 percent to $296,418;Single-family homes months of inventory grew to a 4.4-months supply, but is expected to shrink with strong consumer demand for housing in the wake of Harvey;Townhome/condominium sales dropped 31.4 percent, with the average price down 1.1 percent to $196,230 and the median price up 2.0 percent to $159,000;Leases of single-family homes rose 9.4 percent with average rent unchanged at $1,857;Volume of townhome/condominium leases jumped 17.0 percent with average rent down 2.2 percent to $1,551;HAR continues to encourage anyone who has housing available for temporary occupancy (up to 12 weeks) to please post it on our Harvey Temporary Housing page as soon as possible at www.har.com/temporaryhousing to provide housing to those in need.

I created a whole channel to educate foreign people to invest in the US.

Let a tenant, or contractor disrespect you once, they will continue to do so. 

Also, you need to be aware that if you continuously accept partial rent, say 3-4 months in a row, you may tacitly change the due date of the rent based on the arrangement, which could ruin an eviction if you demand the full amount based on the written rental agreement grace period.

Make use of all of the educational resources on this site.Good Luck!

I've been educating myself for the past few months about real estate investing through books, podcasts and bp.com of course.