@Autumn KimNot a bad niche if you like pain and have staying power; this is not a strategy for a hands off investor that likes excel and internet research.  

As expected, even how to best leverage AI for maximum efficiency was given airtime.

There is no other investment class as powerful, using leverage to buy and control, as real estate.

My suggestion for you would be to use the all powerful "Youtube University".

I've been hesitant to go into business with friends, but it could be a powerful play, and a valuable learning experience.

Your comment: "but I have found a lot of fast, concise, well put together answers to most of my questions on Chat GPT/Open AI."

Hey @Steven Barr, I suspect the various clerks were just being cranky and/or having a laugh at your expense.Every county in Georgia has a physical "newspaper of record" where foreclosure notices (AKA "Notices of Sale Under Power") are required to be listed.Fortunately, there's also a FREE website (https://www.georgiapublicnotice.com/) that aggregates data across multiple Georgia counties into a single, searchable database, bless their hearts!

Been thinking about taking on a personal loan of 50-70k for purchasing power in my Midwest market, the loan would just be for down payments and closing costs on sub 85k SFH / Duplex properties.

Absent a clause in a trust that provides for a beneficiary to designate powers of sale (or will, if that’s the controlling document) then you are just an interested buyer party.  

If you are set on selling, sounds like you can also do a 1031 exchange to defer capital gains tax on the sell which would strengthen your buying power as well.