If you were bidding on a property that went to $101,000 and you only had $5,000 on deposit, you would not be able to bid the $101,000 - you would be "out" due to lack of funds.If you won the auction for $100,000 - the $95,000 balance is due the next day, in certified funds, at the court clerk's office.  

We have a newly renovated property in Baltimore that has been empty for a few months because we lack a PM. 

Their policy changes including price increases, charging for every little thing as an "add-on", complicated GUI and the lack of fixes of known problems (posted by their "community" on a Facebook Group), and super slow ACH deposits (which take 10+ days!)

I feel like there are no formal "development" education or training resources available and existing developers are reluctant to meet for coffee or provide guidance (which is so surprising to me given the lack of supply.

Commissions are the generous and similar to other agencies. 

The best strategy in Mexico is holding short-term rentals and it's often even better than in the US because of the high cash flows and the almost guaranteed lack of regulations, which is a huge problem in the Us another developed countries.

It should give a good return, over next 6-9 months with either a gradual FED rate cutting and a great return with a Recession. another option is AGNC/NLY. 2 mortgage Reits that own billions of agency MBS, so as rates fall, their underlying bond assets will rise in value dramatically causing stock their prices to rise, and they pay hefty dividends while you wait, AGNC paying me >14.4%if staying in cash consider USFR pays 5.4% taxable, or BKN 5.6% tax free as munisGO TEXANS!

Then I paid $25 to some online background check agency to find out if the owner had any other liens/bankruptcies/judgments against them and also got their contact info from there.

So far, I've been looking specifically to opportunities in Saint Louis city and county and I found out the programs of the LRA and some associations and agencies for the neighborhoods revitalization, but I'm struggling to find the right resources to deeply analyse the local market and trends.

Not sure how you can be 94% below projections without some gross lack of due diligence prior to purchasing these assets.