@Corey DulimbaUnfortunately there seems to be no magic bullet in Texas.

If you have the time and energy then active management might be best for you.

I have land in a foreign country which I'm planning to lease it to the solar developer. It's going to be a 20-year lease which I'll be receiving the payment in advance. This foreign country allows the lessor to pay th...

They also have real challenges that require a lot more time than other areas so the risk may not be worth the reward if you look at the time and energy involved in managing tougher assets.

I personally know over 100 ways to make money in real estate but as my circumstances and the economy changes the "correct" combination of time energy and money changes.I apologize if this answer is of so little assistance.

First time you go to court you will wish you had a bullet proof lease I can assure those free ones some guy drafted in his underwear won’t be as good 

I usually recommend setting your near, mid, and long-term goals down in bullet form and then spend a little money to sit down with your accountant and devise a plan that meets your immediate needs, but which can evolve to meet your longer term goals with a minimal of tax exposure along the way.A good primer for you before you meet with an accountant is Steven Cohen and George Dube' s "Legal, Tax and Accounting Strategies for the Canadian Real Estate Investor".

In the same way that my body still craves fats and sugars always, even though a glance at my waistline shows that it is not necessary to store up quickly-accessible energy, our minds and bodies do things to protect us even at a cost of our immediate thrival, and even when that need is outlivedThus my assertion that the primary reason that the masses don't clamor to all the locations that supposedly have a great ROI and few investors  is because the lack of "publicity leaders" who invest there seems to imply that there's something wrong with the market.  

Internet research how many therms of energy each gallon of heating oil provides; do the same for the units of gas (cubic feet or something). 

The smell was bothering everyone, so instead of a new tank, bit the bullet and replaced with a gas furnace.