One thing I would like to see is monthly drive by picture...and 1/4erly interior photos. 

My (non lawyer) read of the SC rules paints a much different picture in those jurisdictions than what you discuss in TX - where it sounds like you own effectively nothing but a tax note until the close of the redemption period - you can't take possession and rent the property, real estate taxes during the period are still the responsibility of the original owner, etc.The below is from the County of Charleston SC's website regarding the tax sale and how they work in that particular jurisdiction - certainly not the authoritative source of their state statutes, but for posting on a forum, I'll take it for now. 

Yes cashflow is nice and everyone wants it but in my case it's one slice of the overall picture.

However, for some reason, the rooms in this unit (and the whole apartment) do not have actual doors (picture and blueprint attached).

If you can picture owning that property for 10-20 years.

I believe Norada offers some type of warranty or rent guarantee program where Roofstock most likely does not so once you purchase and close they are out of the picture. 

So, I will have a better picture when I get through the rest of the year. 

Talking to zoning officers, I find that in some municipalities they are grandfathered in, but in others this exemption ends when the lot changes hands.What I am seeing is a picture of a huge amount of semi-rural land that is frozen in time—impossible to use and therefore impossible to sell.

If the market goes well, they can 5X the initial investment, take 30% carried interest spread on $50M, and buy a ton of luxury real estate to take even cooler pictures of their life on Instagram. 2) Extreme diversification, sprawling, "strategy and synergy free" portfolios:The other take that is possible from naive social media followers, but not from sophisticated family offices or private equity shops is one where a syndicator raises a ton of money across multiple different types of asset classes in a seemingly random set of geographies. 

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