There is NOTHING more important than your feet in the street when buying turnkey and the PM you use.And please, don't try to get rich quick, slow and steady is the best way to do it, don't get burned on a D grade property from across the US that you bought for $40K and rents for $700/month and think you won't have issues and will become a millionare over night.If any property or TK specific questions, please ask away!

Just realize if you do it will be a bridge burned.

You must always inspect the home before purchase to avoid unwanted or unknown costs from popping up

When reflecting on how this could be possible I was only able to arrive at one conclusion - I had been over consuming real estate material to the point of burning myself out.

Easily expect it to burn up an extra month just doing that, because in case you havn't noticed vendors are not sitting around with nothing to do, THERE BUSY, more demand then supply for vendors, so yes, that's a month burnt up on feeling out prices.

People being forced into long distance and unwanted rental property to me is often not a great situation.As you say, it may also prevent her from buying in Dallas if that is what she wants to do.   

Now they cost 4 dollars at Wal-Mart.Energy efficient doesn't matter if they burn out earlier than promised.

If they have any sort of major problem, ie bad tenant, furnace failure, foundation leak etc...then it opens up an opportunity for my business as it burns through their reserves to fix the money hemorrhage as their properties barely build those reserves up before the next fun run in the wonderful world of mult-family.

I've seen investors get burned when this is not the case.

HOWEVER, It is reprehensible and dangerous for a novice to go out with a cobbled together hotrod of a plan and not even be aware it's not even street-legal.As with wood-burning stoves--first you put the wood in, then you get the heat out.