Ideally you'd have a mix.

Although I don't personally use home inspectors on my purchases, I deal with a lot of them when selling and there is a wide variety.As an investor or a buyer, I would want an inspector with actual construction experience.

Great Ideal for many, but it drove my multi-units rental rates from $500 to $425 a month.

Ideally that support should be other recent comps in similar condition.

Then I saw silver get close to $50, can't remember if it passed $50 before it corrected again.

It's pretty straight forward and based on your pictures it looks like you've got an ideal candidate for it.

Since I'm new to real state investement, I wonder what would be the ideal return normally for a buy and hold strategy.

The only thing I can think to add is to remember to enjoy yourself, and not to get (too) upset if (and when) things go south.

Remember Real Estate agents typically have an exclusive agreement to buy or sell and will get paid if a transaction gets done independent of who other parties involved are, while lenders only get the origination fees if the transaction is done with that lender.As a “Colorado Hard Money“ lender for non-owner occupied investment properties, we feel it is fair to charge a small fee to cover expenses related to estimating the value of the property, estimating the repairs, inspecting the property, and credit and background checks.

Remember, Texas is bigger with everything.