Great idea Charlie, it is certainly always important to properly vet tenants but in tenant friendly states like MA it is even more important.

The lesson learned is that you must, must, must properly screen the applicant.

We sign for and stand behind our clients and projects every time and believe this is the proper way to do business.

My partner and I have had our cross-hairs on Houston ever since Harvey hit, and we're lining up our resources to open a small office and set up an operations team for a fix/flip & hold strategy to balance out the yield of our existing portfolio. 

I grew up and currently reside in Dallas proper and work in McKinney and it seems like rentals are maxed out due to high property taxes.

I have near 800 credit score, more than enough to put a substantial amount down, no debt (except owing $700 for a iphone and cc balance I could easily pay off), and am a financially responsible individual, just in the process of generating more income.

I feel like there needs to be a balance between not making to easy/ attractive to just sell out, yet keeping it fair for the exiting partner if that happens to come up. 

Did you try the Small Balance loan if under $5mil?

Deposit is wired, balance is paid at move in!

Perhaps I can be doing that already with the SDA I have and just aren't using it properly?