I think arrogance is like a jacket we wear and it ruins everything good that we can accomplish.  

If you have won the bid--got the house--you can talk to auction company rep and get access to house - for inspection -- same time you can winterize yourself-- find info online-just need to add antifreeze in Comods for all toilets -- also make sure to leave all faucets dripping -- go to home depot and buy jackets for any outside faucets -- also county building inspectors -may have suggestions and may recommend some one working on side --todo it for you --- for $50 --Is water heater in garage or upsatirs ?

Remember how much fun it is to be active outside, skiing, skating, sledding, splitting wood, so that you have to take your jacket off when it's 10 degrees.  

also consider the added mess from fruit trees, as well as the things they attract, for example in WI fruit not picked that starts to break down or drops and left to lay attract yellow jackets and other stinging bugs as well as the hazard of falling fruit, and staining concrete depending where they are. 

The issue with finding raw information by newbies is turning that information into investor applied strategies and that is also being done for them if they have a good BS Meter and can stand reading without being told they will be rich in 6 months.It's really my generation that has spoiled the younger ones, my son wants a new car in high school, he gets a new car, needs the hottest tennis shoe, he's gets it, he needs a new Northface jacket, he gets it, he needs a hundred bucks for a date, he gets it, he needs, he needs, he needs.

However, while we were cleaning up, we treasure hunted out at least $3000 stuff, including $300 cash on the floor, several un-opened Amazon boxes, new-in-box computer/gaming items, hair tool ($300), YouTuber's gadgets, new with tag heated jacket ($220), an unassembled exercise bench ($500 at least), so many new or near new stuff that you can sell.

It was to always keep in mind that wealth is nothing more than a tool - no different than your shoes for walking or your jacket to keep your warm.I keep a 10 page dream book on me.

But at the same time, depending on the utilities, that's borderline- put on a jacket, turn off a light savings.

Industry standards have everyone showing super simplified numbers on their property jackets, which can make things look a lot rosier than they are.

On the contrary, our actual property jackets have three pages of data, including maintenance and vacancy (using rounded figures based on our actual data for the past 52-week rolling period), and amortization schedules for both 15 and 30 year notes.