Once you have that, you can look at what similar properties in your market are doing for design.

In any market, you need to analyze median income, and crime, and that will help predict where you will have more challenges collecting rent.Every city has their challenges with vacancy.

@Marc Shin Beware of the ever increasing property taxes in the North Texas markets.

By being pre-approved by a lender you are not entering into an obligation with them, so you could be pre-approved by one and then, once you are under contract on a property, shop around to make sure you have the terms, conditions, and service that is right for you.

We backed out of that deal because there was a freeze that hit Texas market, and that freeze caused a bunch of plumbing issues.

One thought is if what you are doing already is working why are you looking to move markets? 

Also, since we did the clean out ourselves can I charge market prices for a clean out?

I'd be happy to chat a little bit about various U.S. markets, and opportunities available south of the border.If you like the idea, then we need to pick a date, time and location. 

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

For example, are you experienced in social media marketing?