Hopefully all while the property is appreciating.If you haven't gussed I am a long term hold landlord :)   4 years ago I was in your shoes and I choose to turn it into a long term rental and I haev no regrets.One thing I will say, I am not 2 hours away from my property I am 25 minutes.Best of luck,Chris

You could then step into their shoes with a claim to the collateral and force the foreclosure as the second lien holder.  

@Julia Shevchenko @Brian GibbonsIt's intuitively obvious that offering an LO on an MLS listing that is not your property OR you are the agent of sale, is fraudulent.Put the shoe on the other foot;  Your home is on the MLS and some carpetbagger comes along and negotiates an LO you YOUR property. 

I've been in your dad's shoes, basically, I started my sons off in RE giving them the opportunity to make decisions, that's how you learn, if he tells you what he wants, you're not investing.

I'm not one to generally take to heart what other people say that are either a) not in my shoes or b) don't have words of wisdom from prior experience but I've been running into this a lot.  

In the first instance shoe shine boys were giving tips to Wall Street pros right before the bubble burst and lead to the depression.

We would like to line up ourselves with 2-3 f/t investors that we can work closely with, if you were in my shoes and had to do it all over again what would be the top questions you would be asking f/t investors to help you decide which investors should you work with closely and which ones not to

I strolled through the due diligence process without verifying financials or looking closely at the property condition, which had major issues that later came around to be huge headaches.

I was in your shoes just a month ago.

Take a trip in those landlord shoes even once...then challenge the LL view.