My current loan is for $45k on a property they picked up for $215k. 

None of them are perfect...the most importantly, you pick one and use its functionality.We run our general contracting business here in Chicago from Hubspot.

Also start going to meetups and do some exercises like picking a target market!

Now my total cashflow is $3500/month and I picked up 3 houses basically for free, not costing me any money out of pocket.

First, you're cherry-picking a period that includes the worst financial crisis of our lifetime, 2008.

So they have to be placed & picked up quickly, or at the very worst cost so little that it doesn't matter at all if the authorities remove it. 

For backyard porch columns, pressure-treated lumber is a good pick because it’s budget-friendly and stands up to rot and insects.

@Kody SmithJust went through this with a 2.8M property that thought needed $200k in repairs and it went for $1.8M at auctionPeople are going to lowball this at auction and that close will wait and probably pick it up for around $1.4M

Take your pick, increase in unemployment, increase in inflation or increase in taxes.The true question after all of the goverenment manipulation, is how much money do you actually end up with at the end of the year.

I'd also be willing to throw some cash into any charity you choose.I have been trying to pick a lane for the last 6 months and keep going into analysis paralysis.