Also calling the county and asking them who some use as consultants could be worth it.

Some insurance companies offer policies specifically designed for owner-occupied multifamily properties, so it’s worth asking about that option.The key is ensuring both your personal residence and the rental unit are adequately covered.

Seller understands the house must go in order for the land to be worth anything).

This property is now worth $300000 more than the purchase price.

However, I do think the experience was great for what it was worth and for how long it lasted.

One thing that's worked really well for me is looking through county deed records of the addresses that the LLC's are being housed under.I'd say 50% of the time the LLC address leads to a residential property, that I can then skip trace. 

It was a lot of hands-on work, many business expenses and some capital expenses but it was worth it.

It seems like I need to check further away from the DMV area.My feelings are if you want “cash flow” you should buy a bond (I really like the tips rate right now) there is next to no reason to buy real estate for cash flow, if you are going to buy you should buy with appreciation in mind, which is not to say that’s the route I’d go, I’ve been liquidating properties to put in stocks and money market funds over the last few years and u just did the math and I’ve come out well ahead, but just to say there are arguments for stocks/bonds, there are arguments for levered appreciation, but the cap rates pretty much anywhere aren’t worth it vs an inflation protected bond, especially since a 3/rd of inflation is real estate anywhere, you could get “cash flow” and inflation protection much easier through a tips.

If a customer says they want to buy the materials I immediately just walk away because it's not worth my time.

But because he did poor in RE investing (with virtually every mistake possible), RE investing is not worth it.