If you're all alone, you might arrange for somebody to call you every hour or two, to make sure you're not lying in a heap in the yard.    

If right, that means a whole year with not much going wrong and deferred maintenance that they are leaving for you haha.If wrong, they are lying to you, what else are they lying about?

I'm going to my first tax sale in a couple of weeks, but plan on focusing on vacant properties and/or land with no structures because I'm a chicken on my first time out. 

And If my statistics don't lie to me - people usually do not purchase the house after all simply because of people's habits rarely change, especially in a good way.Please, criticize my view of this topic as much as you possibly can if you personally dealt with leasing your properties.

Current tenants lied about smoking on their app and now the whole duplex always smells like weed.

And as I've said, to me $7,000 a house when you are investing $200,000 to $300,000 per house and holding for 4 - 5 months is chicken feed. 

and there in lies the rub.. 

I suppose you could lie and hope you don't get caught, but that is illegal, unethical, and starting out your REI career with some bad ju-ju.However, let's set a hypothetical scenario where the LL, Jane Doe, will allow you to sublet. 

Your numbers don't lie...don't argue with them...you'll lose.The goal is to get deals...not properties.

Need numbers to analyze this dealPurchase price & comps when rehabbedNumbers don’t lie