My first "close" was to convince them to board me as a new agent, despite the fact that they hadn't come downstate yet (not on local boards, MLS, etc, so for them to invest in that would require a lot of belief in what I wanted to do).I also started learning about marketing (focusing on digital) for my next book launch and got so passionate about it I contract my services out to local brick and mortar businesses (I will assist with their social media content, write blogs, email campaigns, run their ads, re-do their website, and more). 

We have two other apartment complexes that we have already stabalized and are currently experiencing excellent cash flow and are yield deals.  

I can vouch for Priyanka Johri as an excellent investor-focused realtor/broker on the north side of the Houston area, covering The Woodlands, Spring, etc.  

It explains excellently. 

There are rental property calculators on BP, the web or you can make one in excel.  

That is like saying  Michael Jordan is an excellent coach. 

I was also told that even with an excellent credit rating interest rates are higher because it was an investment loan at around 4.85%. 

If your numbers are excellent during peak, they should carry you through the drought. 

SFR, investment property, excellent credit,  I'm not sure how you define "baby."

Excellent questions.