If you have questions, I strongly recommend you hire experienced, competent legal counsel to answer them for you.Re-read Bill's post(s) regarding who you listen to (I co-owned and ran one of the largest REI clubs in Texas for 7 years, my family has been in SFR RE in Texas for 5 generations, I bought my first investment property in 1996 and have done over 300 deals since) and what the Law states in Texas regarding contracts and Real Estate ( I suggest you start here: http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us ).The largest wholesaler in Texas by volume appears to be United Investex USA X, LLC (where X is a #) dba New Western Acquisitions.

I have listed 6 zip codes in Western Colorado. 

Obtain your likes the old fashion way.

I'm consistently amazed at how well this works, even though almost all of these links are nofollow.Old fashioned tactics like article submission, bookmarking, directory submission (great for infographics, at least for now), forum links, etc., have limited value, but there are situations where these types of links can be beneficial.

It operates similar to what you see in this next link: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/09/managing-tenants-part-three-written-criteria-for-tenant-selection/ Don Beck also has a scoring formula that comes with his system; it's all about rating tenant applicants in a non-discriminating fashion.

This helps the machine move in a smoother fashion.

Just from my observations, a mid-westerner living in Texas, the Texas lending market seems vastly different than the Wisconsin/Illinois market, although my only experiences are educational, and only in Texas for the past three years. 

Being a direct, old fashioned landlord, my sister just went over there and told her get dressed and told her she never wanted her to be naked again in the neighborhood.

She is a western hats supplies mostly but has some unique things you cannot find anywhere else that we may use once every 10 years but need a few of now and may want a lot more stuff if we could figgure out what she has.

It is a sad fact however, that the (and I use the term loosley) "Justice System" operates in a fashion that enables frequently unscrupulous folk to take advantage of others.