Track all of your income and expenses on all of your properties that you are responsible for in report-form and review them regularly with a few people that you you can trust and be knowledgable.  

Go to some REIAs, network, shake hands, have a plan to show them, and more importantly a track record that shows them you won't lose their money. 

Being that I don't hire a lot of work out, I keep track on a spreadsheet.

Another way is to buy property with non-agency loans and then refi into agency down the road once you have established a track record in that market.

It sounds like the potential tenant is lying and now trying to cover up their tracks.  

The assessment should be tracking the estimated market value.

There are some awesome locations across the tracks from JPA where you can score some low-priced units that need a lot of work.

Same with location, busy street, railroad tracks, etc, forget about it!

Have you ever tracked how much you spend?

This could come in handy if you want to make a cash offer on a home, which will likely give you the inside track on a purchase in the hot Austin real estate market.