I almost bought a property yesterday for 9k in the deep East i guess not the best neighborhood lol... but luckily I have a contractor out there who said not to...searching on the west now. 

Hi BP Community, I have a lot in North Houston that has small frontage but is very deep.

They were slow to get repairs done, they didn't do inspections, they never ran rental market analysis to evaluate pricing, and they had no proper paperwork or documentation for tax preparation.#2 treated my tenants poorly.

REI is the slow grind and you'll be hard pressed to find/buy/create a deal that cash-flows $1000 per.

Appreciation may be slowing down in San Diego (?)

-Go slow for a year, retain your current job and relax a bit.

October and on, things slowed some but that's seasonal and a local management company flooded the market.

I converted the place into a short-term rental with a medium-term option during the slow winter months.

There are also several local MeetUps.You might want to follow the "Deep Dive" series we're doing on our BiggerPockets blog about Metro Detroit cities, City of Detroit Neighborhoods and comparing Metro Detroit to other hotspots investors usually consider:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

So, they stopped that practice.It's a very fine line having unlicensed personnel handle showings - one slip of mentioning price, terms, qualification requirements, etc. is a violation.There will be a lot of "starving agents" this year with the slowing sales market, so you may be able to get some traction to have them do them for $50.