If you aren't familiar with Baltimore, I would suggest it's a hard no and say that you are trying too hard to make cash flow happen talking Baltimore and tax liens and auctions.

But the other side of the coin is correct - the downside, and it can be huge, is potential assessments from HOAs who aren't solvent enough for new roofs or roads or maintenance.

If you are new to the business the most common issue is you're either locking up deals too high or you aren't finding attractive deals.

We're new to real estate and would appreciate advice on our current home in Texas and our future place in Oregon.We love our house in Austin and aren't ready to sell, but as a long-term rental, it would yield (from what I understand) negative cash flow, covering principal and interest but not taxes and insurance.

I do have it correct outside, but when I run reports through Stessa, they aren't accurate.  

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I am sure there aren't many comps that this would generate.

Based on what my attorney provided, the plots aren't worth a ton of money, but since I haven't done a land deal I'm not sure if the actual sale price differs from what she got me.

Imagine you aren't able to make a phone call to get information and you need to physically go to where the person is to speak with them. 

Those are spray and pray techniques that don't fit with sellers right now because sellers/owners are sitting on a very low rate and don't want to move to go up 4-5 points on their rate.Listings aren't a start now thing as well.