I did another search and there is no lien filed on the property recorded with the county. 

Focus on getting your first property, reducing expenses, improving the property, and saving money by earning more. 

@Orlando Glez-JorgePlenty of lenders will lend on this - if you go to Facebook and search for lenders with 100% financing with financing spelled incorrectly, they say they lend at 3% and loan amounts from $5,000 - $50,000,000These lenders will approve you all day long, then have you send them $5,000 upfront.

Improvement exchanges are a little more tricky so if you can structure the exchange where all of your equity + debt reinvestment can be dumped in at one time, you'll be able to do a forward exchange instead of an improvement exchange and it will save you on 1031 exchange fees. 

The search function here  will help you a lot.

You can usually find some events by doing a simple google search.

If you have a galley kitchen, you just need to cut for the sink etc so you could get a basic granite countertop kitchen for under a grand.You can't be picky and you have to search around, but it isn't that hard to do.

We have always had the philosophy that if we rehab our properties to a quality level, we will get higher rents, better tenants who take care of them, and we will improve the neighborhoods we invest in. 

Make improvements, get the property stabilized and then refi into agency debt.

I’ll do some searching in both areas and I’ll reach out with questions later.