A lot of people in Houston find them ok. 

If you're using standardized or rule-of-thumb metrics (for example, many out of state investors do this for expediency), you may find that tax and insurance expenses are much higher than anticipated. 

I returned a few days later to find that he had spread gravel across the front yard and under the front porch!

I have been working with investors for more than a year to help them find new construction investment properties.  

born/raised/ and ivested in houston my entire life. ive been selling all my single family one by one in the lasat 2 years. nothing makes sense to buy. taxes and insurance hit us hard like many others. i'm not an LP or private lender kind of guy so ive been just stacking money into a money market fund and waiting.what is everyone else doing to find cash flow?

I would advise to find a lawyer or a attorney that specializes in real estate and throw a couple of bucks there way so that you can get their illegal advice and if you can legally charge them to replace it professionally 100% do that

Should I use something like propstream to find all acreage that fits my size parameters then just start doing drive-bys to see if it looks like it would work?

Did you end up using something like Protitleusa for title searches or find something else?

Most of the homes I've represented here recently have been new builds, and I currently view the margins on rehabbing off-market or wholesale deals as too risky in my market.What has really made me consider the Flip System is my own experience of making offers on 5-6 homes — each over the asking price — only to find myself among many bidders and ultimately seeing another offer accepted.

Best of luck to you finding a Turnkey