Since the majority of travel nurses are females, I realized they would not feel safe/confident in booking from, who they presume, is a single male, so I included a profile picture of my gf and I.

There could be major problems with it or they deliberately priced it low to get a bidding war going. 

Found and closed on a triplex in Newark in October that needed work and brought my buddy on as a partner who had experience doing major renovations.

I am a builder so can give you advice on areas that you can focus your attention thus can build up your knowledge to certain areas of the city for possible deals since Houston is massive, unlike many major cities.  

If the infrastructive isn't properly maintained, one major repair could easily eat the small cash flow that may exist. 

I've put together a spreadsheet analyzing a number of markets with plenty of both growth and flipper activity, targeting several cities away from major metro areas, but obviously still looking to avert an overly saturated market(s).

@Cris NormandtThe house I purchased used majority of my VA loan allotment, and where I live I don't have enough to purchase another house.

Even worse, the house only sold for like $400K so they essentially lost $100K in addition to their house.And now, my parent's house will be worth almost $2M once their renovation is complete in a couple of months which they did by refinancing it again, pulling out money to renovate it like they do every 10-15 years, and they bought a luxury STR in Gulf Shores, AL.Finally, in another example, a friend of mine has a house in East San Diego County that burned down in one of the major fires about five years ago that also burned 150+ homes.

If it's in a major market a hedge fund will buy it for higher than yet. 

Now rinse and repeat and you’re gonna build major wealth.