I discover why it was sold at the tax sale, seek out the previous owner and get a quit claim deed from them (even if a new deed was awarded from the tax sale), then attack the collection deed and win the property back, usually for just a few hundred dollars. 

the only thing with your statement out here on the west coast you need a cashiers check for the minimum bid before your allowed to bid... so if you have hundreds of thousands in the bank you certainly can do this.. if your trying to do the no money out of pocket make middle man fee's simply won't work on the west coast..

We looked at hundreds of homes and are now closing on a duplex that will cash flow with a small amount of equity. 

A few years back we had a huge fire in our area, and it burned hundreds of homes.

Just purely looking at numbers property 2 comes out ahead buy a few hundred bucks a month depending on how high it gets bid up.Any advice on this?

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

They wont explain detailes or if there cancelation fee, they told to skeep pages just put initials cause their read everything outloud but not the specific of cancelation fee or that loan will be in hundreds small credit cards, and ill get hundred inquiries, does they actually send anyone to collection?

I'm a CPA and full time real estate investor, have flipped hundreds of properties and own a rental portfolio (both short term and long term).

One could have a hundred doors, but is in the red each month.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.