Can you please share any information on properties or markets where you are that can help guide my search?

I have sold some properties years ago on lease options where the tenant buyers actually exercise their right and purchased the property. ( I was in the deed.)The reason I am concerned to tie another person’s property up  with the lease option is that people can change their mind, as in the seller.  

If you don't know a realtor at the moment, San Antonio's Association of Realtor is nice enough to share their data to the general public through their website: http://realestate.sabor.com/pages/mlsstatsThis is a little bit more labor intensive since you have to input the zipcode and it'll spit out the MLS data, but you can use this data to create your heat map.

I would be happy to share any of our systems, processes, or learnings. 

I own and invest in Birmingham and would be happy to connect to share insights and introduce you to contacts in my network.I also work for a local property management company that serves many out-of-state investors.If you come across any properties, I’d be happy to provide rental analysis reports based on comparable rentals to help you evaluate potential investments.Looking forward to connecting!

Often he has difficulty collecting the tenants share of the rent.

You should have all the contracts readily at your disposal. having been an agent for 2 years already, it's really concerning that you wouldn't readily know the contracts for such as of yet, so I have to assume you have done exceptionally little the last 2 years. 

Wow, thanks for sharing!

Just shoot me a DM and I can share contact info.

Quote from @Shaun Ortiz: Hi Mike,Thanks for sharing—it sounds like you’ve really put a lot of thought into building a solid foundation for your investments and family.