Do the basics (ie don't start moving walls).

The stock market is, of course, up and down.

Quote from @Ryan Konen: Congrats on the judgment!

And it's actually scary that he controls the acquisition and rehab part of the process.

I made offers of several properties, waited and monitored the countdown for the live auction to begin which never actually happened. 

RE is a get rich slow game and there are increasing number of people talking about how difficult it is to retire from your day job even with large numbers of rentals because cash flow is thin.On the one hand there is the Small But Mighty portfolio mentality which I believe is a book in the BP store by Chad Carson.

You can run your own credit report on one of the big three like TransUnion and bring that to the bank.

The DFW area is a great place to invest.

Welcome to BP and the community @Kieran Collings! 

Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator – so, they often select the first PMC they call or that calls them back!