Quote from @Daniel Tanasa: Hello Terry, If you're looking to find houses that are in pre-foreclousure you can use a website like www.foreclosure.com and you can get the list of properties and start marketing to them. 

I started off with 3 houses on a lot and another house two lots down.

If you are just starting out, tax and foreclosure auctions are probably not the way to go for most people.

Here's a good breakdown of your options for tax collecting starting Feb 1 based on the new regulations.

They aren't going to magically improve and start abiding by the lease terms but I think there is definitely a possibility that the situation gets worse.I think that's a good point.

@Chloe Salcedoi'd start with a house hack.

So hopefully he won't be able to start any company again.  

He has not started pulling from that yet. 

Quote from @Alex Spivey: I want to start renting as soon as I can so does anyone have adviceYou want to find a place to rent and occupy, or you want to buy an investment that you can rent to others?

I'm not very intimate with the markets to the north and south, but I would start looking at price to rent ratios and decide what type of rental type and terms you want to invest in.