I have another rental property with a $24,000 installment loan.

If you google MPI, they have some pretty bad reviews online.

The "free" option but the one that will take the most time is by accessing the public records either at the court house or online through their database portal.Another option is to pay around a $100 for a title search.

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One of the suggestions was a hotel style unit that is installed in the wall, typically below a window.

They know that market really well and can probably help you find a good deal on your owner occ. as well as some investment properties.I'm sure they'll be online to intro themselves shortly.Good luck!

So my point is that I think I can really get clear about the "reputation" of a builder and a neighborhood in a most likely stronger way than if I were just searching online and such.

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So I did as much research as i could online and found that all the cheap properties were in pretty rough neighborhoods and the local economy did not seem to support flipping in any significant volume.I then looked into Memphis TN, again all properties under 40k were in rough neighborhoods.I'm now leaning towards San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, or HoustonThe only problem with them is finding a house under 40k for us to live in, I did find a few Manufactured homes in the country close to Dallas and some a little over a hour north of Houston, I would be fine living in one of the manufactured homes close to Dallas for quite some time, my only issue is tying up most of my free cash in a house that i cannot refi to free up the cash again.Thanks for taking the time to read my rather long post and i look forward to hearing your suggestions!

I've incurred some expenses with inspections, rental business license, some repair work done, and installed a security system.