One of the worst housing markets in the country, 27% of homes still severely underwater nearly a decade after the last financial crisis.

I have researched, bought, and used all sorts of products to test effectiveness.

Buy the worst house in a great neighborhood.  

Not sure how Las Vegas operates but when I get a code violation of any sort I get certified mail delivered to my personal house and multiple other regular mail attempts. 

However, I could see that changing in the next 18-36 months, and as someone else mentioned, maybe you are able to get some sort of a discount today and in 3-4 years you look like a genius. 

Since you are taking on additional liability having tenants in place, you're probably going to want to update your insurance policy and put some sort of asset protection in place - most people use an LLC for a small portfolio.

The desert of New Mexico is a more subtle beauty, brown and dusty, with all sorts of critters she wasn’t accustomed to.

It takes a lot more effort to make the inspection go through smoothly when who have situation like this in your hand. withing 48 hrs. written notice you should have been able to go inside property for Maintenance and Inspection. check your leasing agreement see if this was added to your lease.Its good that he's communicating with you, keep that channel open and work something out but be open and expect if this led to actual eviction. hope for the best but prepare for the worst. shervinrealtor.com

@Harry Case -- to find non-owner occupied properties, you can either team up with a real estate agent who can pull that sort of information for you, or you can use a service like Property Radar to pull this kind of information yourself.

And I've just regrouped and come back enough to know that regrouping and coming back are a lot more possible than what they seem to be in our worst moments, and that experience, sure, that's a personal resource.Perhaps it's just a sickness.