How much would you have to put in it, what would it rent for, with your current mortgage (if you have one) what would the cash flow be, and is it in a good appreciating area that you believe in? 

I purchased the home earlier this year and only put in about $40k into it.Does anyone know if there is anything I can do or who to speak to?

We put in an offer and it got accepted.

If you receive no tips and put in 100 5 hour shifts, you will be done.

there was a group of 8 of us that pooled money in a Cabal myself and one other were the main money guys the others put in smaller amounts and when we won one.. we would divy up interest prorata to the amount contributed.. this kept those guys from competing against us and for sure we bid up newbies .. really the only ones that would beat us were those that wanted to live in the house and would just go almost all the way to retail or above .. or someone bidding on a second thinking it was a first and no one is going to help you if you dont know what your doing.. this is a very caveat emptar bizz.

My recommendation is to have someone put in excel and show you the actual numbers.

Obviously, dealing with investments like this involves a lot of risk, but I'm willing to put in the work. 

Put in place a no pass zone there and along the ocean coast. 

So, if you put in 20K, you could set the bid up to the amount of the 100K total debt(80K existing + 20K additional) to ensure that the property reverts to you as the lender.

It seems like I need to check further away from the DMV area.My feelings are if you want “cash flow” you should buy a bond (I really like the tips rate right now) there is next to no reason to buy real estate for cash flow, if you are going to buy you should buy with appreciation in mind, which is not to say that’s the route I’d go, I’ve been liquidating properties to put in stocks and money market funds over the last few years and u just did the math and I’ve come out well ahead, but just to say there are arguments for stocks/bonds, there are arguments for levered appreciation, but the cap rates pretty much anywhere aren’t worth it vs an inflation protected bond, especially since a 3/rd of inflation is real estate anywhere, you could get “cash flow” and inflation protection much easier through a tips.