For a new investor I'd say take this time (at the top of a market cycle) to establish relationships with a team that can help you when those deals are more plentiful.

As with all areas, there are plenty of scam artists, and you can read plenty of articles about the Indy ones. 

If this is a single-family home with a 2-car garage and an attic or basement, that's probably plenty of storage and they won't care much about the shed.

There are plenty of brokers in TX that will let you work part-time and on your own deals.

There are plenty of meet-ups in that area.

I used up almost all of my capital to buy my first property but I was in a position to save $2k a month from my job so by the time I actually closed I had a bit more money and then within a few months after that I had plenty again.

I have plenty of earned income from my job to work with.There are multiple offers and the seller has stopped allowing viewings, hence the cash offer and the urgency of figuring out if this fits my goals.Thank you for your help!

But I'm guessing you can find plenty of short-term investments that pay higher rates than the mortgages you would pay off. 

As with everything else, you might need to negotiate for them, but there are plenty of good deals if you are smart about it.

And it didn’t cost me anything because the bank kept giving me 70-75% cash out of the appraised values and that was plenty of cash I needed to snag these others that are cash flowing.