I can be found killing time browsing houses on Zillow just for fun.Short Term Real Estate Goals: I want to get off the fence and get involved in real estate investing.

If either of those questions is answered with "yes" then you may have some leverage and might have to get a lawyer involved to motivate the other owner.

Before he went off to college, he was very involved in our rental/rehab business and is quite good at being able to evaluate properties for rehab scope/cost, marketability, etc. 

The numbers may be great but you need to understand the headache factor involved for you if self manage or how much it would cost you for a property manager to handle.  

We gave the landlord a copy of the local tenant landlord act showing that the roommate could be removed without issues or courts being involved but he has backed down and I don't have a strong enough relationship with him to push it. 

Also, do not trust an employee or a Team member to get something done, especially when the Government is involved. 

Stay in dallas area and would like to start getting involved, meeting new people and learning more.

I know if there is no agent involved then offerpad charges 4% to 5% in place of the commissions that the agents would normally split in a traditional transaction. 

You can adjust for square footage.

You are spot on about your description of some of the town squares and business sectors of the area you visited...especially Arecibo.