The essence of a birddog is that they are an inexperienced person who probably knows little if anything about real estate and who is only passing leads onto a more experienced investor to process.So the spirit of the law is preserved because the consumer is not at risk, but the letter of the law is not.

Appreciation play and/or preservation of capital (legal/illegal) - or they can afford to look 10 years down the road and take a cash flow neutral/negative property to eventually go cash flow positive - which circled back to appreciation

You can hire a property preservation company to do things like re-key the locks, put a lock-box on the door, board the windows, winterize, etc. as appropriate.Made ContactIf you can make contact, the first order of business is to assess the borrowers situation and determine why they are not paying and establishing what they can afford to pay is the first order of business. 

Flip to generate your seed money and then invest in rentals to preserve and grow your wealth.

Used a 401K loan to finance the down payment and preserve cash for improvements after moving in.

But the mechanism of a reverse exchange preserves that statutory order but allows you to control the new property before you sell the old property.

I'd try to get a 20-25 year amort. term if you can, to preserve your mthly cash flow.

I am not someone who gets too shy about neighborhoods ( Something my mother hates about my personality ... could be a self preservation mistake in life but I have survived it so far).

Make sure you consult a local attorney for information on how best to preserve the LLC shield you created. 

The neighbors also confirmed that nobody has lived here for at least 6 months and there is a sticker on the window from the bank saying that it has been serviced by a property preservation company.