Should have simply stated that finding one that will cash flow has been tough, and left out the "trying" part since it really isn't my primary objective. 

Now, Lex will absolutely promote his services and ask for partners simply because it is a win/win.

It might very well be that it simply makes sense to partner with someone that has extensive rehab experience because they know how to make the house pop and where to put the money.The same could be said for the contractor too in that situation.

At this point it simply needs to show the cash flows and ROI.

When the mortgage term ends do not think that you can simply renew the mortgage to your name.

Most of the time property valuation simply don't make sense so they are quick to eliminate.

Or, the seller is simply looking for a property to rent in Dallas as a residence?

The owner is simply served at the address shown for owner in the lease or deed.

I'm a Certified Financial Planner in my full time career, and I'm not using one of these as a retirement vehicle simply because it's not appropriate in my situation.

Search "interests in title", joint title, several types, you can simply be co-owners and reversionary agreements are agreements that allow for title or property to revert back to another in the event of some occurrence, reversionary deeds revert back to another owner upon the death of another or if terms of conveyance were not followed.