Increase your networking with and marketing to local absentee owners who manage their own properties.

Eric Hassfurther I used to live in DFW and if you buy there just be aware of the Miller property taxes and increased chance of hail damage as well as the common foundation issues.

Or try out the "blue sky" rent increase to earn $200 more per month?

Every little thing you can do to increase your chance of success, you will need to do.

Perhaps you can use your skills as a leg up to look for deals where subdivision or a change in use can increase value.Brian

It would provide a lower mortgage payment increasing your cash flow. 

After rent increases to market rate of course.

I think that doing what I did in todays market is much more difficult and has higher risk.

@Luis Barberi That is also a good thing, it will probably be a little difficult unless the company has enough size to be talked about on the internet, but either way, be very diligent and aware and you will do great.

Therefore, we had to move in a rental house and pay for storage for 3 months, on top of getting an extension on our loan, as well as increasing the amount we borrowed.