Look for key words when they speak and what there current job is.  

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@Lawrence Barnes it will be better to get a GC, and might be cheaper to do it yourself (key word is might).

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Partner - Use the BP search, (magnifying glass top menu) for keywords such as "contractor" "dallas contractor" "property manager" etc.

The key word here is "seem" they seem to cashflow well, they won't cashflow as well as you think they will, I'd look at total return, some places the rough part of town rises in price with the rest of the city, in others it declines in value because a shrinking population means more people can live in the nicer areas and leave the bad areas vacant.

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I would say do some searches on the forums and also make sure to set up your keyword alerts here to get notified when a subject may be of interest. 

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