For those of you have been following this saga, it has been a wild ride but a great lesson for newbies (like me) and vets alike.

West Virginia is so much more than Wild & Wonderful. 

This lessening of supply also added to the bottom being found.The number of potential foreclosures is a wild card - we can only make educated guesses as to how that will affect the market - and there seems to be two conflicting opinions.

It's covered by shrubs, trees, and wild grass.

I'll pile on with the same sentiment... the objectives you consider for satisfying your requirements for a personal residence will typically be wildly different than the ones you consider for an investment property.

We got the portfolio for about $450k, and found that the bank was delinquent on a lot of property taxes, had not secured properties, vagrants and wild dogs living in homes etc....

Would it be smarter to continue to build the fix and flip business and hold on to cash and try to leverage the money into a way of lending and then go wild when the market turns down again?

Thanks again Joshua Dorkin and congrats on your 1's wild milestone

A HML can certainly be used for flips, banks won't be wild about flips for someone starting off.

There is a difference between the two.If the Grandma is letting the children run wild UNSUPERVISED you can file a complaint against them.You can also have a business in some states in apartments.One of my tenants has a small daycare that is allowed to be operated out of the apartment.She is certified by the state and can only have a certain number of children at a time.It sounds like the issue isn't the kids but the Grandma not supervising the kids and making sure they behave.