Even if an agent is involved for a property with large DOM, offer them 1/2 month rent as commission or if needed commission upon sale to tenant buyer if they exercise the option.In a hot market, anything over 60-90 days is game.

Long term success will be to have an extensive buy-and-hold portfolio.I know for sure my boyfriend wants to live in a decent area with a home of our own in the next year, as we just cannot deal with slum lords knowing we could be paying $500 less each month for better quality control in owning our own property in this area.Yet, considering I would like to pay for my own medical bills and pay off my student debt which is wrecking my credit right now, I prefer to start making some kind of money asap.

If the locks you took off are still in good shape you just install them at another address.I am 59 years old and I found BP about a year ago and I am still trying to decide what to do while I was medically recovering.  

I also put in the agreement that the price goes up 10% each year they don't exercise the option. 

How do you all decide what "industry types" you would like to market to; i.e. traveling professionals, medical, education, etc...?

Allowing me to be a stay at home father and support my wife's medical and missionary life goals.Strategy – While maintaining my full time position I will acquire *plex properties at a minimum 10% cap rate. 

Finally worked, after w-2s, taxes, months of bank statements from every account, credit report, letters of intent, months of paystubs, p&i statements for llc, repeated inquiries about my full time jobs bonus structure, utter confusion over vested stock options, multiple statements from brokerage accounts, more paystubs from specific periods (to understand bonus vs option exercise).

So, I do not expect real estate investing to become my full time job, but I plan to pursue it fairly vigorously.We picked downtown Houston initially based on the proximity of two growing industries (oil & gas and medical) that were attracting young professionals (our target renters). 

Yes, I know there's argument that Houston is economically diverse in not only oil & gas, but medical, etc...

If it was a complex button pushing exercise and not easily recognized I would pay.