Based on this article (https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/housing/baltimo...) it looks like that out of 41,000 tax lien sales, 1,750 were foreclosed on.

For example if you think the house is worth 200K fixed up you need to pay 100K to afford the hard money loan and rehab budget and still have a profit.

Gas or electric would be a much better option, safety wise, from a house fire standpoint, CO danger, or danger to children or pets from the open flames. 

Even if you rent the house for $2,000 a month, you will still lose because of maintenance, vacancies, and the expensive mistakes common with newer investors.You can borrow up to 70% of the equity.

Free healthcare free cell phones free housing.  

Save up more capital and buy an investment property or just house hack for a year. 1 year really isn’t that long and flies by pretty quick.

that is accurate.i skimmed the responses and didn't see anyone mention house hacking. 

My Client has following Situation: 1099 Worker; Same Profession the last 8 Years2023 1099 Gross income $87,0002022 1099 Gross Income $134,000 Looking to buy a Condo, SF, or Multi-Fam, and rent out spare rooms & Apartments in the House. 

Quote from @Vanja Dimitrijevic: Hello, I've been researching BP podcast and resources and am looking into buying another property to downsize from the current one but wanted to use the equity in my current house to purchase a new house in the area.

So in Real Estate, say your doing a "volume model", let's say sec8 housing.