Plus contacting real lenders is great practice in and of itself.In terms of repairs, from what more experienced investors have told me, they have yet to find a property which needs *nothing* at all in terms of upgrades, even if it's just a few new GFCI outlets in the bathroom, new cabinet fixtures in the kitchen, new living room carpets, or a fresh coat of paint. 

Our agent is busy and kind of slow in terms of offer writing.

In terms of physical/virtual Meetups, there's TexasREIAs, NTAREI, DFW Real Estate Investor Club and Momentum Multifamily Investor Community. 

If you mean $1,000,000 in capital vs $1,000,000 levered that'll make a big difference in terms of what you look for.

Both options aren’t good to be honest in terms of this property. 

I'd also love to see if there's anything buyers or sellers are worried about or excited for in terms of how the market is trending.

In terms of your questions see below: 1.)

Understanding how to screen tenants, collect rents, find vendors for maintenance, knowing what is allowable and illegal in terms of your landlord and tenant laws.House hacking can be a tremendous starting strategy, but there are a lot of variables that are hidden beneath the surface.

Not so much in terms of pricing.If the ARV for the entire thing is 300k and you're paying 250k,thats not much of a discount there.

Ralph Hogan In terms of your question raised, you can always 1031 exchange your net proceeds into another asset down the line if you wanted to sell the asset past the 3 year mark that Paul Morgan identified.