As landlord I will check my insurance and add an umbrella policy just if the motivation is your house and your life savings after an accident. 

If someone looked at it 2 years ago and it's stayed on the market, see how motivated they really are to sell it.  

I'm sure your partner wants you as motivated as possible.

Debating on getting my real estate license this winter as a motivation to push my self into the real estate field.

> "There are strong indications that a neighboring property is in preforeclosure"Depending on what his motivations are, he could offer to buy the mortgage from the bank?

The land is a good deal from what I've seen-6.2 acres of land that is very well priced for my area with a motivated seller.  

Looking for a motivated realtor here in San Antonio.

Happy investing to you and you're in the right place to learn everything you need to get motivated, started and on your way to becoming a successful real estate investor. 

Anyways, just wanted to share my success with the  BRRR method, with the hopes that it would motivate new investors to get off the fence and jump it.  

Have fun - don't take yourself too seriouslylearn the pleasures of COLD CALLING sellersread financial newspapers - look for auctions - law suits -failure to pay taxes notices and business opportunitiesSearch tax sales - attend tax auctions - read probate adssit in court - listen to cases - find motivated sellerscreate a Fiduciary Buyers Broker agreement with smart agents - pay them for non-listed real estate.don't waste your time with non-responsive agents - brokers - lenders or sellersbe demanding - get answers - don't be passive - at our age (I am 75) we don't have time to waste!