I did speak to an attorney and she also stated that Dallas county is tenant friendly similar to Chicago, it's not uncommon for judges to change court dates at last min and give tenants unnecessary leeway. 

However I have done residential real estate deals in 13 states using various exit strategies and my main advantage for this project is that I own a GC company within range of the property with experience handling large scale projects.

I can be sent to any of 8 cities in Madison Wisconsin, Rock Island Illinois, Waterloo, Des Moines, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Fort dodge, Sioux City Iowa. 

We have a lot of timber tracts that are adjacent to state and national parks.

I suppose I could request all permits from the city and eyeball it from the curb.  

I am hoping to find another out of state investor who would be willing to chat about ways to be successful managing the rehab and the general chaos. 

code violations in you city

Charlotte is one of the fastest growing cities in the US right now!

As an out of state investor I wasn't able to walk the streets, I had to rely on my agent and property manager. 

The judge will see that and it states your rental amount is xxxx plus water utilities.