thank you for the input. we actually have 20 years of experience. are you saying that after we have experience with the company? 

TIA Why PM yourself, the 100 or so a month is meaningless, I live OOS and would never want to be bothered with the issues. 

The house has now been appraised at $265,000 market value. 1908 sqft. 

You're the one borrowing the money.

In this case, we tell the tenants we have two requirements, one as long as we don't hear complaints and the grass doesn't touch the house that become a liability for the building, and at the end of the lease they turnover the property with the landscape in the same condition as how they moved in, then however they want to maintain the lawn to maintain that standard, we don't care.

What are the trends showing in the 78747 area? 

Hi Kim, welcome to the game.

Any programmable thermostat that has the ability to lock the screen with a pass code should work.

I've been investing in the stock market for 30+ years, but am at the point where I'm ready to diversify more into real estate.I've been lurking on the forums here for quite some time and I am amazed at the value of the posts and level of knowledge that exists here.

Overleveraging by paying too much for the property mixed with mixing hard money with private money for a 100%+ LTV at the beginning of the deal.