I have spent the past 15 years grinding out various parts of my days, nights and weekends honing a stock market strategy that continues to evolve to this very day (minute).

The returns would grind to a halt and in the end everyone would be pissed.

Real estate investing is about grinding out hundreds of calls and offers and having your BEST proposal shot down over and over and over again.There's nothing sexy about investing, it's just plain old hard work.

This is growing larger until reality grinds the shadow barrier releasing the inventory that's been withheld all this time.With these properties spending more time in the shadows they are literally rotting from neglect and jilted homeowners wear 'n tear.I'd love to see some more probate discussion because that will be one technique that will be relevant no matter what the environment because of the unique characteristics of probate situations.

As much as I think we would all be better off with less debt, to choke off all lending would being this country and probably the planet to a grinding halt.

You haven't stated what was bothering you about the property; upkeep, no-payers, slow payers, carrying costs, vancancy rate, noise, crime, or none of the above.

Plus the extra noise could be bothering the other tenants in the duplex.I'm kind of thinking that maybe I can just find a bigger place to put all of them.

We have 2 dogs we didn't need permission to get, we just renovated my sons bedroom, we landscaped our yard, we had an overnight BD party and didn't have noise complaints, etc.  

Other company had to grind it out day in & day out for pennies.

Not knowing exactly what sort of amenities and vibe you want, here are a few family friendly options that come to mind:There are many new planned communities that have popped up in places near Raleigh like Apex, Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs which offer good value but lots can be quite small, you may have to endure construction noise, trucks, etc. and residents are from all over so that community feel may not have yet materialized.