I am new to the dallas area and wanting to find my first multi family property.

Yeah I upload rent rolls or other documentation to the MLS, but only agents can see that information.Then another reason you might not see actual rents, is because the actual rents happen to be far below market rents, so posting the actuals will hurt the marketing of the property.why commercial brokers do blue sky proforma's.. with maybe a mentioned room to raise rents  or rents are under market etc.although in practice raising rents too aggressively ( if there are other units available in the same basic area) can lead to vacancy cluster.the big syndicator i worked with in the 80s basically got wiped out in Dallas with trying to take a CA strategy to Dallas.. when he tried to raise rents people just moved. 

Longer term we may pass them off to a manager, but at this point we are refining our systems and looking at outsourcing our 6 month inspections.We also invest in some apartment deals in the Dallas and McAllen markets, but those are purely passive investments.

Father in-law is an old cowboy, wont hear of it. 

I just paid the token 5K amount for a property in Dallas to a well known wholesaler in the area after a silent bid.

Hello All, My name is Shane Colar, I’m a local wholesaler here in Dallas, Texas.

So I know a few up in Dallas-Fort Worth...but they don't lend in Houston. 

is Dallas buyers market or a sellers market?

There are various people i have seen in Dallas who focus specifically on this strategy.

The second best way to find buyers is to go to the foreclosure auction (Dallas Or Tarrant county are the best for this) and talk to everyone that is there bidding on property.