Be sure to read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing to help you get started.Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step GuideHow to Be a Landlord: Ten Tips for SuccessFinally -be sure to setup some keyword alerts - especially for "Killeen" so you can jump into local conversations.See you around the forums!

@Matt RYes, you are absolutely correct, supply and demand is the ultimate metric in real estate. 

Also, see if there are any investor clubs in your area and start to make connections with others that are doing what you want to ultimately do.Good luck!

After meeting with numerous local attorneys, though, I ultimately went back to them.

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I was going to have living expenses anywhere I chose to live anyway, so having those extra payments go towards building equity in my first rental is the ultimate perk. 

Your PM is ultimately responsible they shouldn't be pointing fingers at the  cleaners. 

@Carl Carlson Ultimately the buyer always pays for the commission since it's factored into the price.

If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and The BiggerPockets Podcast.