Stress will ramp up into end of year and really be hitting it in 2021 as banks start ramping up forclosures and news starts circulating of folks loosing their homes making marginal owners nervous.   

(a) Anyone entitled and desiring to redeem real estate under the provisions of this article must also pay or tender to the purchaser or his or her transferee the purchase price paid at the sale, with interest at the rate allowed to be charged on money judgments as set forth in Section 8-8-10 (as it is now or hereinafter may be amended), and all other lawful charges, also with interest as aforesaid; lawful charges are the following:(1) Permanent improvements as prescribed herein.(2) Taxes paid or assessed.(3) All insurance premiums paid or owed by the purchaser.(4) Any other valid lien or encumbrance paid or owned by such purchaser or his or her transferee or if the redeeming party is a judgment creditor or junior mortgagee or any transferee thereof, then all recorded judgments, recorded mortgages and recorded liens having a higher priority in existence at the time of sale which are revived under Section 6-5-248(c).If the redemption is made from a person who at the time of redemption owned the debt for which the property was sold, the redemptioner must also pay any balance due on the debt, with interest as aforesaid thereon to date.(5) Mortgagees of the purchaser, or their transferees, are considered transferees of the purchaser, and a party redeeming must pay all mortgages made by the purchaser or his or her transferee on the land to the extent of the purchase price.If the purchaser's mortgages do not exceed the amount of the purchase price, the balance must be paid to the purchaser.

Got my 1st rental under my belt in Section 8.

It can ruin a brain or nervous system for life.

I met all the qualifications in Section 121 itself, but this following bit from Publication 523 states that "ALL of the following [must be] true:"- You weren't using the space for business or rental property at the time you sold the property.Technically, no...

HELOC money is expensive.you will also need a strategy to be successful in section 8. 

@Rob Everetts, the “little money” part of this makes me nervous for any investor.  

His team is VERY experienced and knowledgeable in Section 8. 

If those parameters make you nervous I would recommend getting a good local PM. 

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