We're in FW, TX, and building duplexes to hold and rent.

https://www.har.com/content/department/mlsHouston Real Estate Highlights in September, 2024:-Single-family home sales increased 1.7 percent year-over-year;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes went from 45 to 51 days;-Total property sales were down 3.3 percent with 8,228 units sold;-Total dollar volume was statistically flat at $3.3 billion;-The single-family median price was up 1.1 percent to $335,000;-The single-family average price edged up by 0.3 percent to $415,435; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 4.4-months supply, up from 3.4 months last September.

The general plan is to BRRRR a duplex and rent one unit while living in the other.

I would never invest in anything I have never seen.

I think many can be easily overcome like finding an attorney and contractors in the area, but the most interesting challenge I can think of is how to hire someone to deliver late payment notices one day a month.

I bought a place and the seller had to put in a new septic field, rest of it was fine.

I would honestly focus more on drain lines than just the supply lines.

We only found out that early in the lease because of several maintenance issues shortly after the tenant moved in and we have had to go back and forth with the owner for monies to pay certain invoices.

This means back stairs, fire escape, usually things that nobody wants to pay for in the neighborhood of 15-25k.

Hello Pro BiggerPockets,I am new in  RE investment.