I also don't believe that an asset should be costing you money every month. 

So if you think the space is the best space available that fits your needs, in the grand scheme of business, you are not talking about a lot of money, so would sign the deal.  

I found a few that I liked, price and condition wise. 

If you have the 500k down then you don’t need the extra money.

Loan officers know a lot about how to get money to buy houses, while property checkers decide how much homes are worth.

I met a new investor, with contracting experience, at a local real estate meet up and he is interested in doing a flip using a hard money loan, renting the property out to his girlfriend, then using a FHA loan to buy it so he can live in it.

Tell him he can return them within 5 days (starting the next day from when you email him asking where they are) or he the money will be deducted from his security deposit.

I'd have an agent run comps. 3 smaller lots would do better but you also have to weigh the time/money it takes to separate it.

If you're making $110,000 and living with your parents, you should be able to easily save enough money for a house hack even in a HCOL area.

Dallas is pretty strong, but there is some distress.How much money do you have to play with?