I am extremely handy with a vast collection of tools so can perform improvements myself.

At the end of the day if you are going to buy 10,20,50, 100, 500 or more tax sales a year, it is EXTREMELY counter productive and a waste of time to buy 2 or 5 or 10 or 20 from 15+ states.

First, if you have access to equity relationships who only expect an 8% cash on cash return that is extremely inexpensive equity you have at your disposal.

Trying to compete against a builder to sell your existing build is extremely difficult.If there is new construction similar to yours around what you're selling you'll be at a disadvantage unless the market is scorching hot again and the builders have waitlists like they did in the recent past.Let me know if you have any other questions or need help in those areas.

@Femi Ibrahim this must be extremely painful and I'm very sorry to hear about your loss.

Any advice would be extremely appreciated.

They're offering 3.99% interest rates (covering 6% of the home cost to buy down the rate), $10k in bonus money, plus a fridge, washer, and dryer.Because they can't stop building, they have to offer extremely good incentives to keep the product moving in this buyer's market.

I haven't made claim from shelter but my agent from shelter is extremely helpful.

Posters will chime in on recommended strategy but real estate is extremely localized and the fundamentals of the real estate in any given market are what should be dictating your investment strategy not arbitrarily deciding to buy single family homes vs. duplexes. 

By end July, you will see this topic extremely well represented on our platform and with major investment.