You just have to be able to resist the constant barrage of sales pitches for the $xx,xxx "join our mentor group" and take the other knowledge they are offering and run.  

If you have your paperwork in order, and the weather is agreeable, should be no reason you cant get a non paying tenant out in under 90 days. 60 days is usually fast.

When you invest in real estate you have some control over your purchase and weather you decide to live in it or have it as a rental property thats up to the individual.

I have found it to be more resistant to wear and liquid penetration.

The road of least resistance here is to use 5% down convention loans to purchase more single family properties, that you live in for a year, then rent out after you move out and buy a new one.

However, the path of least resistance is conventional financing because agents are more willing to accept it based on it being more lenient with appraisal inspection and means you typically have a much higher credit score.

Reasons why:1- We don't need to buy a full-on solar system with panels.2- To my knowledge TX weather can be extreme in both hot and cold weather and I'm concerned about power outages.

I pay the water bill and it stays consistently the same weather there's a washer hooked up or not (could just be the way my City bills it though).

In Philadelphia where most of our housing stock is fairly old, you'll want a solid amount in reserves to weather whatever happens from the maintenance side and from the tenant side (not paying rent for +6mo) as its fairly tenant friendly in the city. 

He always resists rent increases, tries to withhold money, tries to push remodels that I refuse now.