Fortunately, we had a very close friend who literally spent a week working with Comcast to resolve the issue.

Also, property values there don’t generally increase like they do in the US.Trying to apply US strategies in another country often doesn’t work.

I’m active duty Air Force and I moved to San Antonio about 18 months ago.Your strategy may need to switch to older homes in other parts of the city than around Ft Sam or looking at home appreciation over rent (sell instead of rent or look to convert to a STR).I recommend looking for a home in the southern part of San Antonio.

I'm a Boston University college student, and I don't want to live in the dorms anymore, so I'm planning on using the rent-to-own strategy to find a place to stay as well as to use for househacking.

I think going with a turnkey strategy is a great option, since you are out of state.

Fear of being in debt and taking on risk in general....can be greatly mitigated, if not completed eradicated, by having clear exit strategies planned in advance.

Awesome deal Mike, way to use multiple REI strategies. 

This is the literal definition of stepping over dollars to pick up dimes.

Do you think successful RE entrepreneurs need to chase small time investors money, mentor newbies and write books about their winning strategies in an already over competitive / saturated market?

What strategies or tools do you seasoned landlords use to manage this kind of stress?