I flipped and twisted the numbers on my first deal to make it work. 

Second have a non confrontational meeting with your tenants and gently explain to them what you have learned.  

Hoping to hear some thoughts from the community.Quick background and slight twist:  I currently own a 2 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse in NJ. 

Shop around for gently used or scratch and dent to reduce costs. 

That is what you do while you are hustling.You do not live to work (which is what the gentle man above mere is advocating).

I think my twist on the BRRRR strategy would be to always look for properties that are ripe for additional bedrooms and extra dwelling units, as is allowed by code. 

Fortunately the tenant left voluntarily yesterday, I was patient with him, and stayed there the whole day, putting gentle pressure.

Some markets don't cashflow, and there is nothing you can do about it.... unless the property has a "twist" to create cashflow. 

I'd prefer to deal straight with the seller, no chance for communication to get twisted or a different spin placed on it.  

It depends on which bankruptcy Chapt 7 or Chapt 13, it depends on whether someone else on title or on the loan chose not to file with the original filer (they still have rights), it depends on whether the Trustee has released the house from the estate, it depends on whether the debtor reaffirmed the debt, it depends on whether someone started making payments again and the bank is choosing to receive the payments instead of foreclosing, it depends on if the debtor has been making payments inside the bankruptcy, it depends on if there is a pending foreclosure that keeps getting continued, it depends on if there is a pending hearing that is scheduled to resolve some issue, it depends on whether there was a lawsuit within the bankruptcy that affects the property, it depends on whether the bank put together a stipulated agreement and on and on.Without reading the docket we wouldn't know the situation and couldn't advise on a course of action.Ah, twists & turns is foreclosure real estate buying.