I didn't stick around to see it sell but I'm betting it went to the plaintiff.Here's a question... if you could successfully line up financing in the period between the sheriff's sale and the confirmation hearing, could you close with bank financing?

Talking to a local like Greg will always be your best bet.

And, I'm willing to bet that most landlords don't do much better than a 10% annual return on their funds.

If you want to bet on this, you can wait for a couple years before doing your cash out refinance.  

The odds that anyone on Section 8 can become a home owner may be OK in a low-cost market, but the odds are ridiculously small in Austin.

@Jay Hinrichs We've really investigated Detroit vs other Midwest cities as part of our Deep Dive series and found Detroit is a bit of an odd duck.With most cities, as you get closer to the city itself, the subrubs increase in value.

@Chris MartinAgree5-6 years ago when blockchain rage was saying all real estate will be on blockchain - still have yet to see a way blockchain is used where it has added benefitThe odds of getting counties all to buy into this and fire the clerks working at recording office for last 30 years is not gonna happen.Similar to seeing “fractionalized” real estate - which to me is no different than a public company and owning shares - you have a cap table.

Due to to small location wouldn't necessarily bet on cap rate compression. 

Sounds like being super proactive by picking out a place before selling the old one is a safe bet.

So it is a good long term bet (provided the socialists do not bankrupt you first).