(Compared to Southern California anyway) I’m looking at deals analyzing ARV driving neighborhoods.

If you're open to driving over the border to NJ or NYC, I can make a few suggestions of groups in my area. 

Drive around the parking lot and look for trucks with handyman stickers in the window and take down the phone numbers.

try to get him to his accountant to splain it all to himI dealt with that in the timber industry.. old land owner zero BASIS  1 to 2 million in standing timber  we offer them cash for it..and first words out of their mouth is they are afraid of paying taxsall while living in a beat up shack and driving a 60s pickup with a broken windshield.I had a way to 1031 the timber in a really nice apartment complex make them 10k  a monthnet and replant their property etc etc.. 

What factors should one consider before investing overseas?

Plus a ton of driving for dollars.

But check out below what he said to me in regards to this: "First, there are depreciation issues among many other possible factors on the tax return which would be calculated into the K-1 numbers, along with the fact that there would be capital gain/loss rather than ordinary income.

I will be staying around the Round Rock area but will I'm happy to drive anywhere in the Austin area.

As I continue learning about REI, what I'm thinking more and more is that what is maybe the single biggest factor in profitable investing is given surprisingy little attention.

This along with your investment time frame are key factors to consider.