Thanks everyone for posting yall's progress.

@Tylere Weaver just because you think your lease is, "battle tested", does NOT mean it complies with all federal, state & local statutes.Judges/courts typically ONLY look at the part of a lease that is applicable, plus betting your lease contains the standard, "joint & severable" language - meaning even if one part found to be "illegal" the rest of it remains enforceable.Also, there have been three federally required changes to ALL residential leases in the last 10 years - have you updated your lease for them?

Quote from @Michael Santeusanio: Speed can make or break a deal.For those who’ve used private or hard money — what’s the quickest turnaround you’ve experienced from application to funding?

Think again.Here's what most practitioners don't realize:✅ The entire U.S. federal tax lien certificate operation runs on about 20 specialists - yes, TWENTY people handling discharge and subordination applications for the entire country, all working out of Florence, Kentucky.✅ That "one guy" in Pittsburgh who handles complex trust and entity issues?

Right now I am using Avail and I'm not loving it as I cannot upload my own rental application.

After showing a renovated vacant apartment 2 weeks now, and getting a seemingly neverending string of high risk applicants... crime records, alcoholics, people with drug issues, evictions....

I’m here to learn, contribute where I can, and connect with other investors — especially those active in the DFW area.Looking forward to learning from you all and eventually sharing my own progress here.Caleb Hi CalebI love that you're so young and already thinking of this.

If your screening service doesn’t include a separate search for judgments and liens, you're certainly missing key details.For example, an applicant who abandoned a property without a formal eviction might still have a judgment for unpaid rent or damages, but since no eviction was filed, it wouldn’t appear in a standard report.

Once in the past we did make application for a bank mortgage and it was one of the most frustrating processes I have ever seen.

Solve it by narrowing your buy box, getting PM‑verified rents before you offer, using line‑item scopes with progress draws, and keeping two lending options on every deal.