It's great to hear about your plans for pursuing rental arbitrage in the Houston area.

I don't know if that model is really something you should be pursuing or a strategy you should be following as you stated!

Yes, it's the foreclosure on those liens that gives the ownership interest to the buyer; buying the liens from the HOA just gives you the rights to pursue the foreclosure (and the associated expenses of that).

I actively pursued personal growth by enrolling in college and graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Southern New Hampshire University (January 2025).

I realized that I was pursuing other markets because a home for $50,000 was appealing but not because it was a better market.

Charles,I was researching a property today and found that another property owned by the same person that owns the house I'm trying to buy is being pursued by the county tax office, while the cheaper house (mine :lol: , I hope) is not.

I would suggest pursuing tax default leads before the go to auction.

However, despite having some liquidity and an abundance of ambition I am finding it extremely difficult to find any new deals worth pursuing.

Do you want real estate to be a job or do you want it to become more passive while you pursue other things in life? 

Can I pursue legal action to recover rent for the full lease term (12 months) since the tenant signed the lease?