Unfortunately, most of the time this happens, the tenants have spent the rent money already and they end up moving:(Just some of the challenges of investing in gentrifying, Class C areas and why proper management is so important to minimize these challenges.

I recently spent 80 hours like @Lucas Carl recommended, gathering information.I called local municipalities to confirm local areas were accepting or rejecting short term rentals. 

I would guess he spent 3000-4000 ten years ago.

I spent about $8K total on a canoe light fixture, made from an antique canoe.

I'm new to investing in Tax Liens/Deeds, I've spent hours researching properties and specific county rules, but I feel like I hit a lot of dead-ends because I can't understand the legal jargon in some of these documents.

You lose everything you spent on tax lien and sub taxes and have to walk away.

I spent more money for the original PMC to manage an empty rental than my current PMC (Logical Property Management) costs to manage an occupied rental. 

But it certainly takes time (and costs add up too, with each skip and time spent on the phone with each prospect, or paid to VA to do it for you).

I have decided that my money will be better spent on investing in real estate.

For this strategy you have to acquire a building within walking distance of the L.   In