@Drew ShirleyI have no idea what one might do with the money. 

The idea would be to rent through the busy season and still vacate throughout the year there ourselves.

Think it's a good idea to move to Dallas with current job to get into real estate?

I like the idea of having some control over returns whenever possible.

You can also use the search feature to locate ones advertised in the past to give you an idea of schedule.

I'm good at self study and have done licensing exams like this before; I used to work in finance and insurance so I'm not totally new to the whole licensing exam idea.

I want to get a clearer idea of what travel expenses I can write off, but I don't want to get into a gray area of risky tax practices, so here's my question: If I'm in town for a week, can I treat the first three days as a work trip and the rest as personal time, and write of the airfare and business costs with confidence that I'm not muddying the waters?

One idea that comes to mind is to find a property where you can add appreciation by making improvements to the units or property.

Curious if anyone has an idea on the difference in appraisals values of a property in mint condition or one that is so so. 

. :)- I have no idea what would appear if you literally had a perfect credit score.