But due to my finances I didn't have $25k to officially join the club  and start taking the courses so I was forced to look at other options.

However, if you managed to lose money on the rental property without including depreciation, then yes, it will probably hurt your DTI ratio and negatively impact your ability to borrow.

Yes, Houston is and will be impacted w/oil down for the time being but this is not so directly impacting areas like Austin and SA IMO.  

Trying to exit the deals and minimize tax impact without investing into more real estate deals at this moment in time..

They are key to keeping legislators up to date on things that impact our industry and are protecting our interests.

If your business entities and trust(s) are properly structured, your history as a past owner does not have an impact when someone is seeking to find the human behind the owner(s) of any specific property, as far as I know.

Could this have an impact on what RE agents charge?

About me:Towards the end of a long rewarding career on the Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department and as a Rescue Squad Officer on DHS/FEMA Ohio Task Force One, I began investing in real estate, both from a rehab/turn-over and a buy-and-hold approach.

You run the risk of forcing your self to sell stocks at the wrong time. 

Which would force me to also update the building to get FMR otherwise I'll have to consider renting out for $200/room and that is not very profitable and I think there's a time where it's just too cheap.I think the sub 400k offer is a solid one and I'll have to stick to that 350k range or pass on it.