No foreclosure or court action required.3.You might also consider depending on where it is, no electrical or lighted signs if that might be a consideration to you. 

It depends on the month for myself. 

It depends on your loan.Your plan is to spend $50k to make $200-300k more a month?

It’s cheap insurance for a costly potential, depending on geography.

These losses depend on the layout and geometry of the system (ductwork, piping, etc) and the insulation used, the ambient temperature that these ducts/pipes are traveling through, the temperature of the air or water/glycol mix etc...  

The choice depends on their priorities simplicity now or long-term tax advantages.

You can expect to pay about $5k per year or so, depending on where your unit is and how much you pay for it.I can give you more accurate details and help run numbers on your unit with you, if you like.

It depends, we recently had a deal where we got under contract for $26k, We new AS-IS there was a strong possibility to sell it on market for $95-100k.

Remember to always budget 10-25% (depending on age/condition) extra as a buffer.

It will depend on what your goals are, but if you'd like to scale fast, you could leverage the $100k cash to buy 2 or 3 duplexes in lower priced markets that have higher rent/price ratios.You could use these properties to learn the ins-outs of OOS investing and use these to build your network and confidence in the market.