Sometimes it costs to play.

After about an hour of playing with it, I came to the conclusion that likely water had entered into the refrigerator from upstairs.

In Ohio and I wasn’t the one playing he ran off with my money.

Why play with fire? 

In my opinion, some associations have way too much control and tend to take advantage of the out of state investors (not all of course).Is your preference to purchase another STR if a 1031 is the play?

He claimed that if we would just spend $2k on the backyard he would "increase the value of the house between 35-40%".I got him a $100 gift card to Armstrong garden just to play nice.

@Tim Bender  Are you only pursuing deed's after tax sales where there is a redemption period in play? 

So Monday morning I get the script I made together and I just go for it and ill admit cold calls are scary but never something I've been afraid of so after about 4 calls I get a guy who is interested in what I have to say and remember this is day two but I am able to get myself through the conversation ask him enough questions to have an idea of what he would be looking for and he was like all right. text me your name and number and let me know when you have some thing.

Huntsville AL definitely is an appreciation play right now;  there is no significant cash flow unless you put well over 20% down, go to C/D neighborhoods, do multifamily/house hack, or find a unicorn of an off-market deal.  

However, in today's world, there's many ways to make a million in 24 months, and unless you come across a unicorn of a flip or you already have millions to play with, it won't come from RE.It depends on what you're going for.