You may consider terminating the lease depending on how much time remains, your skills, the legal system, and other factors.Based on what you've said, I am concerned there's someone else occupying the home or something else is going on.

well that depends on you and your knowledge and your skill/luck etc and no one else. with stocks and with RE, sometimes you get the turn-around projects too, which can suck up your money and be losers or end up as huge winners, when the community recognizes the value add or the company turns it around.

I appreciate your marketing skills at trying to shut down naysayers with half truths and I also appreciate you airing my private financial information on a public forum thankfully it is only partially correct.  

Many people start out active because they want exposure to real estate and don't know that you can start out passive - you can effectively hire the asset manager and supply capital to the investment.You can have great success as an active or a passive investor - but it is important to understand the difference and to select whichever option matches your skills and resources the best.Good luck!

Since you have bought a foreclosure before, at least you have experience with the liens and the process, but you won't get a final tally of the liens unless you can get your title company to run soft title search for these things in advance.Closing on a foreclosure anywhere in Brooklyn seems like a nightmare to me from an operational end.

I’m not skilled in repairs and live in a high-cost, tenant-friendly area, what would be the best way to invest my money?

@Will Zena, this is like 'becoming a millionaire', no money, no skills, no nothing.  

There are other soft roles that listing agents perform, but those could be done a la carte on an hourly basis beyond the five or 10 hours included in the 0.6% rate.You're kidding, right?

That being said, this is mainly doable for folks taking on cosmetic rehabs with great time management/construction management skills.

Always buff in the direction of the grain with a soft cloth to prevent further damage.