BP is a great place gain knowledge and bounce ideas off of other like minded individuals.

My last PM was an individual who deposited rents a couple times a month but he left the field. 

Now, what you can do is provide a quality property to a low income individual and fix problems as they present themselves; that would be doing a huge service to them and to society.

Far too many "rights and privileges" accorded individuals today to do otherwise.

Low supply, high demand, competition, and expensive property.

Also, for this time of year, it feels to me like we have a bit of a higher supply than demand which is forcing prices to ease.  

If you get someone that demands to see all the wiring and pipes they will demand holes get cut in the drywall for visual inspection. 

http://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in October Single-family home sales continued their post-Hurricane Harvey rebound as volume rose 7.5 percent year-over-year with 6,381 units sold;Single-family home sales remain 2.8 percent ahead of 2016’s year-to-date volume;Total property sales increased 6.6 percent with 7,614 units sold;Total dollar jumped 10.8 percent to $2.1 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.9 percent to $226,491, which represents an October high;The single-family home average price increased 2.7 percent to $285,858, also the highest level for an October;Single-family homes months of inventory grew year-over-year to a 3.9-months supply, but is down from a 4.3-months pre-Harvey peak – the result of a surge in consumer demand for housing;Townhome/condominium sales rose 5.8 percent, with the average price down 1.1 percent to $195,393 and the median price down 3.1 percent to $153,000;Leases of single-family homes rose 13.6 percent with the average rent up 2.8 percent to $1,776;Volume of townhome/condominium leases jumped 34.8 percent with average rent up 2.9 percent to $1,533.HAR still encourages anyone who has housing available for temporary occupancy (up to 12 weeks) to please post it on our Harvey Temporary Housing page at www.har.com/temporaryhousing to provide housing to those in need.

I'm found some smaller mid-sized banks that I will speak to individually.

Calling previous landlords and their boss can tell you a lot about the individual that the screening reports cannot.Take advantage of the online and free resources available to you to screen tenants.