Being the area that it is and the numerous major hospitals, university campuses, and large employer facilities have lead to Dallas and Fort Worth having more renters than owners.

We've been up there numerous times, talked to the Office Manager, and even phoned the City Secretary.

If you fall into that category of "the seller won't pay that part of the commission", then yes, you as the buyer will be responsible.

It is assumed by the state that any rental larger than a 1 bedroom will fall into this category at some point because of the anti-discrimination laws that prevent landlords from refusing a family because they have a child.

Totally identify with this plight, I have spent years of my adult life trying to find the best solutions to that exact problem.My best suggestion on this front stems from a series of books by the Founder of “The Table Group” Patrick Lencioni.He is a proponent of choosing “The Single Most Important Goal” for the next 6-9 months and specific actionable categories to focus on, while also creating the categories that are absolutely required to keep the rest of your life on track.If that sounds valuable to your current predicament I recommend “The 3 Questions of a Frantic Family” in his series, it personally really helped me with this same problem.All the best!

I discovered that the current owner has numerous complaints filed against him from tenants and it paints a vivid picture of him being a slumlord(numerous of post are saying don't do business with this guy!). 

@Collin Emerson MillerNo need to join a Reia as a majority of them are holding on-line real estate meetup's.This link has numerous real estate webinar's in your area: https://www.meetup.com/topics/...

I’ve asked each of the agents on my team to come up with 3 goals under these categories and I’ll follow up with them throughout the year to hold them accountable to their goals. 1 - Business/professional related2 - Personal investment related 3 - Personal goal Mine are:1.

Numerous boarded homes and substantial vacancies would put a property in a D or F class. 

The BP calculators provide a breakdown of expense categories.