I recommend sending a text stating that you're glad to have them as tenants, you look forward to meeting the new addition to their family due in just a few short months, that you appreciate knowing that the stairwell doors have been slamming close and that you will place a note on the door to ask that the doors be hand closed to help reduce that noise.

Yes, Texas has higher property taxes than most states.

You can reach out to your local (state) Self Storage Association, peruse topics on You Tube, and certainly many, many forums here on Biggerpockets with quality folks & quality content.Regardless, of how you piece your learning together, everything (soup to nuts) for an Acquisition is either FINDING a lead, EVALUATING to determine if it's a deal, now you're in the PURCHASING phase, and after you close, now it's all about MANAGING.If you think that at times it makes more sense to build than to buy, then you'll want to learn about Development & Conversions.  

As of this writing, 20 states and 106 localities have passed bans on discriminating against source of income (usually, but not limited to, Section 8) as well as a myriad of other restrictions.What Happened in Kansas CityKansas City, where I live, was the most recent to pass what its advocates call “the strongest source of income discrimination ban in the country.”

Those are phone calls I don’t need to deal with living out of state.

If you're not in Atlanta, what state are you in and what do you think your "up and coming" market is?

It's a big deal to buy your first property out of state - why isn't it worth a trip out there? 

As a landlord agent, I've had to move to other states to get my investors what they want, and have been forced out of 4 of them already by rising prices and the few I am left in, are slowly burning out.

We are located in Orlando FL, and I have plenty of clients looking for good deals all around the state.

If I remember correctly, they require the property manager to live within either 30 miles or 30 minutes of the property (I think) therefore if your out of state they will require a local person.