For outbound, you’ll need to get lists of addresses and tons of data from platforms that pull county records on a daily basis like bathleads and propstream so you can filter those records more easily by potential motivation indicators like foreclosure, eviction, probate, etc.

Tenants have kept the property in decent condition so considering that my initial strategy was to not disrupt them, maybe do a month to month lease agreement while making some repairs than execute a new lease Jan 1st with a small increase in rent. 

I am a realtor in the area so I understand the ARV.

Residential work is pretty easy, so I price it competitively if it's a local job and not a very large home.

I always hear people saying how crazy property taxes are in TX but that's not so bad to me!

To the Brain trust,I hope you don't mind my asking what may seem to you a very basic question. But since I'm a newbie, I'll ask anyway and risk ridicule.The question centers around what goes on behind the scenes in  r...

So I have a vacant unit in a 6U building.

I want to occupy one of the units, my preference would be the 2/1 so I can collect more rent from the 3/2 to go towards my mortgage.

Deciding what to invest in can definitely be overlwhelming since there's so many roads for real estate.

So which of these houses should I live in?