If my target would be low income residents, are there any grants, tax credits, or funds available to help me with the conversion? 

Is it tax smart? 

Said it was one of his tax clients & would not give me their name.

Originally posted by @Duane Alexander:Can resimpli replace propstream to look up property information like remaining mortgage, tax information, liens, mls history, mortgage transaction history, etc?

It's an estimated cash on cash return given current rental rates subtract expenses assuming 7% interest rate, 10% management fee, 5% repairs, 5% capex and other expenses like mortgage, insurance, tax. it's a estimate to tell you what properties to analyze vs ignoreyou can see the are pockets of negative returns as well as pockets of positive return. this is to supplement the data @Devin Conley provided

You can take any proceeds tax free and roll into a different investment. 

One thing to think about are the tax implications of being a Canadian paying US taxes.

Preferably low or no money down as best seller would be one only interested in the monthly incomeI then sell said first property and take that cash to buy the investment I am really wanting and I get the terms I want.only thing I don’t know about yet is, how to dodge the tax on the sale of the initial property?

Texas is definitely a strong market, but keep in mind that high property taxes can eat into your cash flow.

The interest would be tax deductible due to interest tracing rules.