You want to confirm your expected income.After checking the leases and seeing what the current rents are, I’d also compare them to market rents and see how much time is left on the tenants' leases.

I'm just not finding anything available or currently on the market that I would want to live in myself.

You won't find anything worth while in this area that's listed you'll need to connect with wholesalers to find off market deals or do marketing to find them yourself.

Right now, I am thinking of turnkey out-of-state if the market continues at this pace because property taxes are so high in El Paso and rent growth has not increased with prices. 

(I have no stake in this other than I just read this section in the book, and this is not some kind of marketing ploy by me.)

In today's market, many office landlords would much rather walk away from their properties and take a loss than fight to attract tenants and avoid foreclosure.

Booking.com is definitely gaining some market share as of late.

Sometimes you can talk directly to the owners.Use the Internet - Websites can show you houses that are being sold because the owners couldn't pay their bills or are in other kinds of trouble.Check Public Records - Look at official papers to see if a property owner is behind on taxes or other bills, which could mean they need to sell fast.Study the Market - Learn about how much houses in that area usually sell for and how much you could sell it for after you fix it up.Be Careful - Make sure you investigate the property fully to see if there are any legal problems or money owed on it.By using these steps together, you can find properties that might be a good investment because they need work or are being sold at a lower price than usual.Kind regards,

Have you decided on a target market that you plan on investing in yet?

We went to go see a house that is below market value however, the house needs quite some work.