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Here is my simple Top 5:1.Review the market – Understand the trends and conditions in the area.2.Analyze the property and the numbers – Ensure the deal makes financial sense.3.Visit the property – There’s no substitute for seeing it firsthand.4.Meet the team – Whether it’s your property manager, builder, or contractor, relationships matter.5.Complete inspections and appraisals – These protect you from costly surprises.If all these boxes are checked and the numbers work for your goals, then it’s likely a solid deal.

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They’re typically stable, cash flowing businesses that are straightforward and simple to understand.

From simple rules like permits to outright bans so that is a huge risk IMHO.

Simple question was Wagner representing you as the buyer ??? 

Maybe begin with a simple buy-and-hold single family home or do a house-hack.

You better reach out to them days before the auction and give them a simple choice: allow foreclosure sale  to occur or allow you to take it over from them, with equity justifying your purchase.    

Yes both states have licensing requirements for contractors and subcontractors which can be found with a simple google search

How about the simple obvious that the inputs to deliver the service/product have a base-line and market prices have, OBVIOUSLY, been at about as lean of operating profit margins as can be.