Just curious if the BP community has any favorite markets for these types of investments.

Your situation sounds quite colorable to me. 

What are some of your preferred/favorite ways for finding off market deals in San Antonio, and why?

leave them in. cut them back flush with an oscillating tool. then cover the gaps with a toe-kick that matches your cabinet color

It does NOT depend on the color of your card, nor on the letter being hand written.Sooooo many get this wrong.

REI is my favorite path to financial freedom!

It soothes the grumpies after a long drive.I don’t like solid color sheets and my place is a bit ‘Scandinavian Granny Chic’ so I routinely grab Ralph Lauren sheets when I find them on clearance or at estate sales.

Can you recommend a carpet style that is durable and relatively neutral in color. 

We rise by lifting others, one of my favorite sayings I try to embody.

Rentals is the slower path, but gives you continuous cash flow, and your yearly profits are more more easily written off by having yearly expenses and yearly depreciation to help offset.It may take one of my rentals 4 years to deliver the same profits as your flip, but in year 5 and further I continue to earn income off the rental while you would have to keep exerting a (relatively) higher level of effort to continue to earn more income flipping.If flips is your favorite game, by all means you should keep doing it.