I've identified 2 properties I would like to pursue further. I need help with my next steps.Property A:Foreclosure with a "gun aggessive" tenant according to the real estate agent. I don't know if the inside of the ho...

It is in the neighborhood of Blackwell/Yates St. and the Zillow estimates the surrounding houses are around 115-125K for that kind of property.  

To build anything you build from the ground up, begin digging the footings in your education and knowledge, pay attention to the framework, surround yourself with those smarter than you in their fields of expertise.

The VP of the bank and I went down to the property and built rapport to whole time on the way to the property (about a 25 minute drive).

After many years into the real estate game, cash or credit may not seem the obstacle they once were, so I have to "reach back in the files" to pull out an old memory (to quote Alan Jackson "Drive")......I recall being very thrifty and a saver in my 20's (I had an insane dollar a day budget thing I did in the early 90's on canned beans, loaf a bread and raw carrots, which I would not recommend, unless you live in a mobile home on a construction site like I did at the time)...

Pick the top ten and drive the neighborhood, visiting each. 

The major misunderstanding and likely the key driving the utility of these instruments is notion of ease of eviction.  

How far do y'all drive to get to your office? 

@Sam Leon, I have gotten many ugly pink and peach coloured tub tile surrounds to neutral colors for my clients.

Want contractor to walk through it with them, create a reno budget (which, again, takes 3-5 hours to do properly  - even a "ballpark" takes a couple hours out of a day to drive out there, go through the house with you, and do a quick & dirty ballpark.).