Diversity, demographics, companies, jobs, and people moving here for multiple reasons - national and foreign, people and money.

Baseboard is a nice clean heat better for people with allergies , I would check the boiler and if checks out leave it as they are pricey to buy new or if you have the money and space rerun the system using pex below the floors as that heating system as my plumber says is better than you could even think.

Put it all together in a nice packet and that should be enough to get them to at least listen to you and you can sell your pitch from there.

Thanks @Cuong Le its nice to finally run into a fellow Houston resident on here.

So through my initial contact with the culture of Real Estate Investing, I wanted to find a way to get motivated sellers! Great, In a couple of months I developed a system in my market to generate Probate Leads. I ...

You rip me off and I'm not so nice about it.

But, geographies vary greatly, so maybe you can consistently achieve that with a broader focus.If you aren't going to be close by to manage the property manager, I'd suggest nicer neighborhoods or looking for pockets of nice in the lower areas.

I have a nice chunk of capital set aside as well as access to financing.As I have quickly learned in what I've read thus far, building your network and team is close to (if not number 1) the most beneficial and important pieces of this business.

I'd also toss at least an 8% vacancy rate in the numbers.Run those numbers down against that $900/month section 8 voucher and I'm pretty sure you'll be making a nice chunk of change so long as you don't have to pay utilities to get the $900.

I've done the research and think $170k is reasonable, but if my offer of $100k is accepted that still gives a nice safety factor.