That said, check with a CPA if you can use expenses from the remodel to offset some of the gains.

All liens are removed from the property as the result of sale at auction.We won the bid, wrote the check to the sheriff within 30 days, and today the deed was recorded, we are the owners!  

He *seems* to be making an effort to square people away and talks all sincere, but everything we've seen to this point I won't trust a word of it until my balance in full is wired into our checking account.

I am checking out their 3 day event starting Feb 29th.

Quote from @Natalie Allie: If you are still considering the Land Bank in Detroit listings, just be careful to check with the city on whether or not the water needs to be reconnected.

Check out Hawaiian village, Papillion great school district, etc.  

Quote from @Andrew Steffens: I tried checking out seats.aero and it won't let me search.

I found this information and this data is extremely accurate.

The website 51west.properties also scores low on scam advisor ("owner is using a service to hide their identity, high number of suspicious websites on the server, registrar has a high % of spammers and fraud sites, website is (very) young, website appears to be hosted by a company with a bad reputation", all according to https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/51west.properties...)Trust your instincts. 

Check out the book "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene.