we have participated in the on-line tax auction a few times and believe the process is very broken. 

Mind you, it was a rental sometimes, but it was still my owner-occupied house technically on paper.I qualified for an SBA disaster loan covering almost all of my damage.

But please keep in mind Irvington is a city that has extremely wacky laws for landlords, thing like rent increases can be extremely difficult.

I'm going to follow this thread as it's something that has been on my mind for a while. 

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Once I had a few in mind and was working with a realtor that understood my target market, we could narrow down my search results. 

If you don’t mind me asking, how long did it take you to officially get going with investing?

Quote from @Andrea Lee: Hi Karl, do you mind passing on the recommendations you received?

From Facebook Marketplace to Airbnb-style rooms, there are countless ways you can market your rental property online.

Yeah that was in the back of my mind as well - is the list I'm paying for being sent to other people as well?