Will get us a good bump in rents and added mini splits HVAC and removed the old in wall heaters that weren't very efficient. 

Countless great connections made through BP - keep up the good work @Scott Trench! 

If we're speaking of rentals in Houston, you'd certainly need to reach back and see what your wind exposure has been like over the past 10-20 years (if you can go back that far with good data) for this specific rental and area of the state. 

Will a property cash flow day 1, maybe not unless it has a huge down payment but if your goal is to hold it for 15+ years you should not lose out, especially if its in a good area (which goes back to location location location). 

My thought process is you have the contact information for the residents living in the units, they are precious jewels, and most importantly their experience should matter.

For me she is absolutely very good tenant if she pays on time.

In my opinion in regards to the OKC metro overall, you probably want to be under 200k to find good cash flow deals, the higher end homes wont' cash flow as well.

AirDNA gives good data in Canada as well for short term rentals, so that's good.4.

For those licensed agents out there....when you buy a property for yourself, either personal residence or investment property, you typically receive the buyers agent commission.Is this considered taxable income?

Collectively between our personal residence mortgage and rental mortgage we are at a 50% LTV ratio.