Trying to prepare for tax season. 

Welcome to the BiggerPockets forums and thanks for sharing.What are you doing now to prepare for the next investment?

But be patient wherever you're looking and be prepared to roll up your sleaves and make some improvements (and add value); sweat equity is a beautiful thing.

Yes, the house is in on my street and I am prepared to move  down the street for a year. 

Im prepared now to do a better background check for the next tenant. 

Well let me say this, if you can withstand this downturn by preparing for the harsh winter like squirrels do with nuts, you can survive this.  

I need to find someone locally I can talk to about thisI think this would be a good step to prepare for while going to auctions

It sounds cheesy, but the best way to prepare is to work with a friend or two and role play.

Plus, if you decide to do one of the other strategies in the future (such as BRRR'ing or out of state investing), you'll be much more prepared to do it if you have a few HH's under your belt--a ton of the lessons you'll learn from a HH can be used to succeed in other areas of real estate ...in fact, I'd say that a HH should be a necessary prerequisite to the more advanced strategies (like BRRR'ing or flipping) for most folks!

This is excellent advice, i know that at this point i am prepared to make an investment at 25% of the property, doing this would make the numbers work but it does seem like there could be a lot more potential in another market or area of San Antonio.