I have narrowed it down to 2 homes both below market value and just needing updating.

Look for similar multi properties that sold in the area  to further narrow your offer price..

I'm looking to narrow initially to 5-7 realtors with 10+ years experience in Dallas.

@Mike McCarthy yea, it being an investment property really narrows your options.

Learn as much as you can in the beginning and then try to narrow down what it is you want to be doing when it comes to real estate investing because there are so many avenues!

Now that we have narrowed down our search (for the most part), our next step will be creating those relationships that will hopefully lead us to find a great Broker/potential property manager. 

So your trick is finding the right combination of A,B, and C to get D to act.

Once I narrowed down my list of locations, I evaluated the likelihood of the major employers doing well over the long term.

I’m using the rental calculator to run some numbers on deals and could use some local market feedback.I’ve narrowed my focus to either a single family or multi-family home, under $200,000, located in Durham or Raleigh, in fairly good shape with minimal repairs/rehab needed (<$30k), primarily for a self-managed rental property investment.

But my husband and I are currently narrowing down our goals and trying to figure out exactly what route we are taking....Thank you so much for your response ...we will definitely be taking what you mentioned into consideration @Karen Gassman