Find someone in your local market who moves a ton, go 50/50% with him or her on your next deal and let them manage the sticky situations and get through the barriers.  

Mike,I handled similar situations. 

Have a bad situation where former tenant unjustly is suing for mold.

This helps developer recover higher sales price on resale than they spent in extra TI's.DST's can work in certain situations but there can be other investment alternatives. 

@Sean Petriehouse hacking is a great way to get started but not everyone's situation permits it.here's a great thread on the challenges of investing OOS in the midwest.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl...

Investing in these areas comes with multiple tax benefits such as:Tax-free growthTax payment deferralTax discount for long-term commitmentAdditionally, investors can feel great about investing in struggling areas and stimulating economic growth in these areas.The investments must be owned by an Opportunity Fund.

Texas Dept of Ins also says they have nothing to do with this situation.

Though I don't think NOI in residential has any practical use in valuations or towards other financial instrument applications, it definitely is helpful to analyze synergies forecast in OPEX when you get multiple properties. 

So tell us step-by-step please what's the situation with your property did you end up OK with that or no

We have received $15k to date and have the loan under agreement to sell to another investor as a reperforming loan.This is BEST case situation but it is not uncommon if you do it right.