You will also be in the market participating in Austin's appreciation.  

In the world of real estate, you have two fundamental options – do you want to be an active or passive participant?

Anyways, if your employer offers you to participate in the retirement plan and will match your contributions - it would be foolish to decline that.

If you want to participate in fees, take some time to calculate how much you need to pull in and in what form (acquisition fees, asset management, etc)3.

Feel free to participate in any of the forums that are available to you.

I echo what @Nathan G. said about participating in something where you are interacting with the same pool of people on a consistent basis.

Feel free to participate in any of the forums that are available to you.

I've done actual all cash sales on some vacant land, lower value etc...no issues, but it wasn't to defraud someone, or another common issue with these will be the intent to avoid taxation...again if that seemed to be a motivator I wouldn't participate in the transaction unless I could confirm things were up and up. 

Also try to participate in your local REIA events or BP meet-ups.Hope this helps, congrats again, you have a solid base to build your investment career from!

It would be their best interest to make the property available for showing on a moment's notice and actively participate in finding you an acceptable tenant.I recommend having a serious conversation with them about the liability facing them for breaking the lease and the expectations for curing it.