Hello,I was wondering if anyone has participated in the Philadelphia tax foreclosure auction recently and how long it has taken you to receive the deed?

In the end, it is up to how the investor themselves classify the lender.HML is thought of being more "institutional money". 

Now he needs to participate in the payout to investors who lost money when the properties they bought through GEG were never renovated, even after they paid for those renovations.I will be contacting the SEC and FTC so they can take care of it.

While Stessa’s reports and analytics are undeniably helpful, the platform’s inability to consistently sync with financial institutions is a significant flaw.

You might get these days 60% leverage so you'll likely need 40% down payment plus reserves and the financial institutions will want you to keep those capital reserves in their institution.If you are a new investor, there's a couple of opportunities to get started. 

Assuming this is in fact a good deal, and your friend is a qualified GC, instead of trying to be the lead investor, he should be searching for someone who has the balance sheet to take down this deal on their and be a transactional participant.

Our volunteer fire department invites surrounding departments to participate.

Will they institute the default rate over a technicality such as missing the completion date by a few months  or will they ignore the default rate because they see the reason for the delay wasn't entirely borrower's fault and borrower  has a plan of action to get the project on track?

Several participants made the point in response that the county for a very long time has stood in the way of affordable housing being constructed, first and foremost by zoning, and that an STR ban isn't going to solve the problem.

You'll want to be clear on the IRS rule for material participation if you do decided to switch to property manager.