The buyers I resonated with, who I believed in as operators–those were the people I was willing to be flexible with.

I feel sorry for the people losing everything in the fires , insurance will go up .But I wish I was the guy  driving this bulldozer ;t=162s

People might be taking advantage of the rising prices.

Thus, when a foreclosure sale is held, you can set the bid amount up to the amount of the total debt, which would likely increase from 80K to include the legal fees, receivership costs(we suggest 5 - 10% of the rents collected), repair costs, additional accrued interest, minus rents collected.

New realtors, new realty companies, new PMs aren't going to have those established relationships and *no* PMs give up the names of their people to anyone else because getting good people is difficult. 

I warn people over and over and over to know what they are buying and to go personally see what they are buying. 

Take the effort to solicit contractor recommendations from multiple people.

When you have a proven track record of performance, then you can play with other people's money. 

I see people purchasing new STR's here and others dumping their properties or converting into LTR's. 

>on top of dealing with insane lawyers and social workers who believe that less fortunate people can hurt wealthier people.