Government liens are negotiable, so see if you can pay them a fraction and finish up.

If you miscalculate the security deposit interest (even if it's off by pennies, or even fractions of pennies), the tenants have sued for many months or even years worth of actual rent amounts, AND WON. 

I buy them cash for the fraction of what cost me to buy in texas, the rehab is minimal and they get me about 2/3 of the income I get in Texas.

I just figured if I can get lucky and get a property for a fraction of the market value at a time where I  and am a full time student and will not be able to qualify for any sort of financing why not try it?

So my IRA puts up a fraction of the cost, the other party puts up the majority.But all profits are split 50/50.     

These costs sound high for a first buy and hold property, and using am umbrella insurance seems to be a good alternative at a fraction of the cost.

@Ivan Loza I think the idea is to get a $1,750+ rental for a fraction of the market value. 

From what I can tell at first look, they are selling their container homes at a fraction of the cost of the American companies, which are selling the exact same models.

They will often appreciate the title knowledge and be willing to do a lot of your work for you at a fraction of the cost of title companies.This may not stop them from missing one small item which is sometimes easily overlooked and it is not an actual guarantee for you, but will weed out the bad ones and you can take a closer look at what it left.I do something similar with tax sales and have not had the bad news on any of the properties that I went after.The good news has such a great upside that the bad news can be absorbed by the good news.

Hard wood your yeilds are a fraction that of soft wood per acre.. and logging prices could or are different.. but gives you the formula to figure it out..