She also referred us to a great company for the inspection, Round Tuit Home Inspection.

Just as buying lottery tickets isn’t a good retirement funding strategy, spending time chasing a deal with no money and lacking experience and knowledge isn’t a good wealth building strategy.  

It really does work but it's easy to get away from it and just focus on fresh calls. 

Hi Bridgette, my wife and I did exactly that in the Round Rock area.

.* Best For: Strategic investors who want to experiment and build a well-rounded portfolio.My Recommendation:If your goal is to scale, I’d lean toward: 2 Turnkeys (Midwest or Southeast) + 1 BRRRRThe turnkeys give you immediate cash flow and financing options for future purchases.The BRRRR gives you sweat equity and helps you recycle cash for deal #4, 5, 6, etc.In particular, purchasing turnkeys in Midwest and Southeast you can often find properties under $150K with solid cash flow and property management in place.

After I left him I rounded up my money and purchased my first property a couple months later in 2005 a duplex smacked dab in the hood. lol I purchased it for $18k put put $22k in it rented out out for 8 months and turned around and sold it $88k. 

Is it possible to split a ticket with someone?

Also, the roof needed to be replaced, we were hoping we could get away for a few more years, but it was just too far gone.

I'll say this: get away from the computer screen and start networking locally in real life: get to know realtors, title company people and join a local chapter of Real Estate Investors Association.

As soon as most of them hear an owner is out-of-state (OOS), they think of how little oversight they'll have and how many corners they can get away with cutting.