It’s a great way to lower your living expenses while gaining experience as a landlord.

I've sent letters to the owner on tax roll.

If you need financial help, ask under the "Finance, Tax, and Legal" forum.

Making matters worse, 99.9% of individuals on BiggerPockets who want to buy in distant markets do so because the entry cost of doing business is lower.

What are some other emerging markets maybe with a bit lower to cost to entry for a BRRRR strategy?

What I love about Baselane is that it was built BY real estate investors FOR real estate investors so it's really dialed in to what you're going to need in order to prepare your taxes, keep your books up to date and the more operational aspects of being an REI like tenant vetting and processing rent payments.

Here are the pros as i see it: easy (no purchase necessary, you know the property), likely prop 13 property tax discount, possibly below current rate loan.  

We did get much lower costs when we changed to minisplits but the initial cost is high.

If you use a DSCR loan you could maximize the equity you could take out while still breaking even on the mortgage + taxes + insurance.

@Hellen Sut in Michigan, once we have a money judgment, we try to garnish: wages, bank accounts and their state tax refund.