I would definitely recommend doing your due diligence on any property you are looking at and get all of the information on it that is available to the public before even making an offer.The tough part about doing fix and flips in this market is that you can never really predict where the market will go.

Aside from predicting the future, how can I change my process so that these letters come in a more timely fashion?

Not sure how statistics over the last 8 years (rising market) will help predict ANYTHING about the next 8 years...Especially if those "returns" are still theoretical only. ie.

I played football at the university of Oklahoma and like the idea of smaller towns in the area.

So even in 2 big cities, adjacent one to another, with the exact same demographic issues, the trends can be opposite making predictions extremely unreliable regarding the final outcome.

The Houston market has been incredibly strong and diverse - and has flooded before with no dire residual effects - I predict the same, Houston will rebuild and continue its growth.

Are some experienced investors reading this and predicting failure due to an unexpected maintenance issue, or failure to manage my manager?

I don't pretend to be able to predict the future as to property values.

I know it's not real estate related, but who doesn't love fantasy football?

I'm as excited about the Raiders coming too, but a football team coming to town does not mean prices will explode.