I am pleasantly surprised that you are finding it hard to find a lawyer to take your case (not that I believe the lawyer stereotype).  

Sometimes I get surprised by what they tell me so I double check.

This is real important for us and it's surprisingly hard to find. 

I’m surprised to hear you say D+.

I am surprised to see Andrew advising anyone to steer clear of Michigan, especially given his experience in real estate. 

Although I live in the Philadelphia suburbs, there are many semi rural areas surprisingly close to me.

I was surprised by some the resistance I faced when I asked to see them. 

Either one will surprise you if things go "wrong".

(Be sure on those income streams, no speculation.)Have a good size cash reserve (I had at one point $115K in cash reserves in an account, because I was so cautious about life's surprises, especially medical, I have since eased up on that and put more than half of that to work for me in multiple income streams) waiting in a high yield savings account, or in some state of liquidity, that you can draw from at any time for those unexpected surprise expenses, because sometimes when it rains, it pours.

I've never bid on an foreclosure auction before and I was surprised the bank would risk losing the property to tax default....but maybe they just want rid of it either way.