But I wrestled since a kid and I enjoy competition.

Be wary of townhouses as you can find some associations that are over-run with rentals and competition is impossible.

This is my first auction & have no idea how much competition will be there & if anyone will be bidding against me - I'm assuming if there are other investors in the area - that they might be interested in it and bid.

It is a hard cruel world, but no matter the situation, the natural course of competition will always find the better way to solve a problem.

I don't know if that's enough to keep a long term campaign going relatively passively without burnout.My affiliate network owner has also set his global redirect as one of my landing pages and we are splitting the money...this is nice because it costs $0 and throws off anywhere from nothing to $3000 per day (I get half).

Given the 'Global Warming' we are experiencing up here you should be seeing a sudden influx of Northerners heading your way.

Freelancer.com or a similar website where you can post what you want done would be good for finding somebody to do this.The best method to get a good person to do this is to create a screen capture video where you record the screens and your voice as you walk through the county website and say which fields of information you need pulled into a spreadsheet/database.Not a simple process, but a big benefit is that I doubt others are doing this and that means little competition for you.

From reading on BP forums, it sounds like Houston, TX market is very competitive.

Meaning, what sets you apart, or gives you a competitive advantage against all of the other flippers in the market.

Just to the north of you there is Auburn and Worcester which have good levels of investor activity, however most likely have more competition from other wholesalers.