It's a valid strategy if the rental real estate losses are non-passive to you.If the 401(k) distribution is an early distribution with no known exception, you're going to get hit with the 10% penalty tax regardless.

Competitive offer must be presented for validation with surname blacked out for privacy".The risk of using an escalation clause is that you've revealed your maximum price. 

@Alex Levich The one thing I would do before you get into landscaping make sure you validate that the pool has holes in it so that it can drain. 

Also don't price things aginst what they cost to rent, rental stores often times change upto 80% of the product cost to rent. 

I heard the product is excellent in water proofing. 3.

The Purchase and Sales contract can be recorded in the county clerks office, and the first recorded one is the valid one, so if yours is the 1st recorded one, it takes precedence over the other 9 if there's 10 of them out there.

But lending pre-approvals typically expire after 30 days, and refreshing the pre-approval each time causes a hit to your credit score.Do you keep refreshing the pre-approval letter every 30 days for your agent's benefit, or do you convince your agent to show you places without having a valid pre-approval letter?

Yes, that is what i was thinking. i used quicken because they say they are friendly to AIRBNB income. i am in the process of working with another broker to shop the product around. 

BRRR in Plano, Frisco, and Mckinney might be a better area to start in due to appreciation alone.I don't know the validity to this claim, but I've read that by 2025 there will be more people working in Frisco/Plano than in downtown Dallas.

I figured I'd try to put a new one out to see if there are any new faces lurking on this forum.As for your second point, I personally have found it way more productive to vet a good property manager before worrying about agents.