@Shahzad Shaikh You aren’t going to find many properties in the Austin metro in the $250k-$300k price range unless you look to the smallest towns on the outskirts of the area (Manor, Elgin, Taylor, Kyle, Jarrell).

I call them right away, so they aren't surprised when they come out and need to go somewhere.

In the wholesaling / off-market business its all about quantity, contacting as many people as possible to get as many leads as possible.

Simply throw away any letters that come for your old tenant...no police are coming to the door for the tenants debts, they aren’t involved in that.

Talk with your agent, but it is definitely attractive to sellers knowing that you aren't going to "nickel and dime" them during the negotiation of the purchase and sale agreement. 

Feel free to send me a message, I know of a few mastermind groups in the area, they aren’t cheep tho.

@Benton Shortridge STR was just an option since you aren't local, it's a lot more to manage, but most that own STR's aren't necessarily doing it close to home.

With the owner finance deals, the buyer fees are significantly less (usually just 1/2 of the attorney fee costs) so you aren't paying for loan origination twice. 

Maybe a little better since you aren't using property management.

So we aren't looking to update how the kitchen looks, we are looking how to make it more functional.Wonder who can give us advice on what our options are and what their respective prices would be.