I am located at Central Florida area, and I believe that even with the high prices, higher interest rates and huge supply of real state down here, still out here many great opportunities.The market still hot, we just need to adjust the approach..... at least are my guts feelings.v/r

This is likely your target market.

After 5 properties, I'm about to jump into direct to seller marketing and trying to pick up deal flow that way.

A HH/STR can be powerful in the right market.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Even with the recent stock market chaos, there's some bright news for mortgage companies.

Hi all,Just starting out and I’m interested in market trends for the Dallas area.  

A saturated and expensive market. 

However, since Ive never done this before I decided that the amount of capital needed in my desired markets was too great to risk testing my strategies here.

The rehab on your primary will help with the cash out refi, there will be a new appraisal which should reflect the higher market value.