My IRA is just a fail safe at this point and STRs are where wealth is built.

This person failed to pay the taxes for 2023, so I bought the tax lien.   

A razor knife around it cutting the paint and some elbow grease usually get it moving, then address springs or weights on them plus some soap on side helps it slide. 

I just really hate this process:  2-3 years to foreclosure, then dormant REO, then investor rehab fail, then 2-3 years of tax default, then tax default auction.

As a 20-year industry veteran, I still see most sales agents fail to understand what I do (typically, they think they know).

All these SINGULAR city charts/metric to INFER a MSA weight are best defined as GIGO, Garbage In garbage Out.

For illustration purposes if a tenant or passerby trips and becomes  hurt because of a premises liability event, if you discriminate against a tenant or buyer, fail to pay your contractor for work that was performed or any of the many fact patterns that could lead to claim exposure presents itself do you really believe your identity is going to stop a plaintiffs attorney from filing a claim, lien etc?

Some feasibility studies are worth their weight in gold.

You failed to mention that there are a lot of slimy landlords that try to intimidate tenants into leaving just days after accepting their rent and deposit.

They are dead weight.