Amazon, Dollar General and ABC Supply Co.

IMO your options are: (1) look in less expensive markets where your dollar goes further, (2) invest in a different asset type, (3) invest with someone else / partner on a deal, (4) wait for prices to adjust, if it happens... personally, I would expect to see some distressed sellers who are going to be taken out by the eviction moratoriums due to abusive tenants - MA is brutal when it comes to the super-progressive lawmakers who think free rent w/o aid to landlords is perfectly acceptable... but I digress.

And highly  leveraged properties gives the higher the returns on you dollars, but also the higher the risk... so have a plan B in your back pocket for safety.You need to crunch the numbers... but overall, IF property two will at least break even or better and you're in a good market (reasonable appreciation and reasonable rental market), go for it.

Bathrooms and kitchens are always great places to spend money, but there are things that you can do throughout the apartment that will be relatively cheap and yield a high return on your dollar as well.

Went driving for dollars.

I am also from Houston, I started Wholesaling in 2017.I've done Millions of dollars in assignment fees since then - you are on the right track. 

This is what I have realized myself as new investor and have been driving for dollars and doing direct mail marketing among other strategies to build my deal pipeline.

But another part of me realizes how nice it would be to have 35k extra dollars to play with.

East Village is undergoing a multi-million dollar development and it's a great time to get in early and buy in the surrounding areas. 

Its a 3 bed 2 bath 1056 sq ft Mobile home that is currently rented in a C area that is experiencing growth all around it, i.e. several multimillion dollar houses have been built within minutes and within the same zip code.