Having said this, I think the most important thing with rentals in this type of neighborhood is you have to have someone you can trust keeping an eye on your properties.

Some of the responses are harsh, but they are eye opening.

Justin, I have my eye on the same area of Houston as well.

Hello, I am in the Greenville area and if you ever need an extra set or eyes, ears or hands feel.free reach out to me.

I rent here and bought investment properties in Atlanta, so your title caught my eye.

I'm always here to try and help if you've got something in your pipeline you want some extra eyes on.

Reading the forums here keeps me motivated and my eye on the bigger picture for the future.

If anyone needs another set of eyes on their branding/marketing I love to offer free advice (this is not a solicitation, I do not offer branding/marketing services anymore, my Romanticism matured and I want to be do something that will lead to long term success, like REI) Saludos desde Miami.

Welcome @Collette Douglas BP is a great resource full of knowledgeable people While you look for a mentoer - One tip that I picked up here is while you are saving money for your investments, start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market.

Having built up a decent-sized nest egg, I have been ingesting as much real estate knowledge as possible over the past six months, with my eye on either buying a home in the NoVA-area to live in or a home in TX to rent.I've also thought about becoming a realtor here on the East Coast, but it would be a huge step back in terms of security and income for the first few years.