You can pre wire motion lights, then slide the wire thru the wall from the outside.

I found a property that is a pre foreclosure.

In my home market of Nashville, we are at 3.8 months supply, above Pre-COVID March 2019 levels of 3.2.

If I list with them, they are for sure the "exclusive broker" for anything sold thru the MLS, and it's pre-negotiated that the buyer agent's cut will come directly out of the agreed upon price. 

totally hear you, pre 2021 in knoxville was a totally different ball game. again depending on your goals and strategies, your expectations aren't unrealistic. some deals may require more of an investment to make the numbers work like one of my student rentals that was a full gut project and took nearly a year to complete yet it spits out 15% cash on cash returns annually and i purchased that late 2022. investing in general is a risky endeavor, it's all relative to ones own risk tolerance depending on their position. we try and make calculated risks and look to evaluate multiple exits before pulling the trigger, yet there is still some risk involved. maybe a reit or syndication is the way to go if you want to be in real estate yet don't want to take on the properties yourself. either way i'm happy to make some local connections. 

Asking is $200K, my relative (buyer) looking to put 20% down.He is pre-approved for the amount, lender has prepared both a conventional loan and a mass housing loan option for first time buyers.Would be purchasing as an owner occupied "primary residence", rates are decent under both options.Condo is currently rented, tenant lease expires the end of August - roughly 4 months.Lender says both loan programs require buyer to occupy the unit within 60 days, to qualify for first time buyer deals.Is there a way to get them to extend this to 120 days (4 months) until the tenant lease is up?

So I disagree with your assertion that pre-existing lienholders (e.g., the owner of a tax lien from 2014 in your example of a 2017 tax sale) can sell the property on the courthouse steps after a tax deed has been sold.I am not a lawyer, and this is not advice.

My brother has a greater than 100k income for the last few years but he recently got laid off, so I would likely have to go with my parents if he doesn’t find a job by the time I get pre-qualified.

I acquired the Bay Area properties pre-2013 so in a much different market.

I suppose a prepayment penalty could be setup which would result in basically the same thing as I propose, in other words, a normal mortgage with a lower interest rate/market price/down payment, with a very large pre-payment penalty (starting as equal to the amount of interest owed over 30 years) that would slowly go down as the mortgage amortized.