I knew the tenants would move out which is fine.

Again, while I need to live within 90 mins of the airport, I am fine with traveling to my "farm area".  

@Jonathan Kramer Yes it's fine.

See if the City has imposed any fines, or plans on taking action.

You want to do a "clean-out" at the front end, not a "clean-up" which happens at a rudementiary level at the end of demo and then at a fine level the end of punch-out.My advice would be to first detemine your level of renovation:Gut to studs and then determine what to doMove a wall or two for an Open FloorplanKeep floorplan, replace flooring, fixtures, bath & kithchenKeep everything and apply lipstickMy experience is that if its anything other than the last bullet point, don't bother with initial cleaning, even at a base level.  

Water heater is at least 20 yrs old - working fine but again, it's not going to last forever.

If you buy at the right price and right street and with good management you should do fine .

my parents are at the point where they are fine with selling to get rid of the headache.

I'm fine if the wholesale deals they get in Katy are few and far between since we have several other productive marketing avenues, but I'd like to find a few reputable wholesalers to work with and get tossed on their lists for homes that meet my criteria.The whole meet and greet in person thing to explain the process annoys me because it means driving into Houston to hear something they could tell me over the phone, but if that's what I have to do, I will.

Started fine then everything dried up by 2010.