Upon further research, I discover the guy in unit 1 gets to trade rent for handyman services.

@Jack Trader - we don't offer defaulted taxes, but we are used by a lot for folks who research it by hand to get the other info they need for each property.

All (excluding lucky) successful fundamental investors and technical traders integrate a sound strategy for risk management, hedging is a component of what Buffet might call a fundamentally sound investment station. $66 is 1.2% of profit, if there is any chance of the described loss being incurred, risk reward ratios would insist hedging when it's cost is only 1.2% of profit.

It wasn't until the advent of manufactured trusses that 'wide open spaces' became commonplace (Although some of the building techniques in Japanese architecture and borrowed in very high-end bungalow architecture had some incredibly innovative ways to create open spaces, but I digress...)Before removing walls in any structure, you should consult a professional... especially if some dumbass wholesaler is telling you that the brick siding means that there are no load bearing walls!

Creative Financing is the Art of "Horse Traders."

The point is that distressed areas have such prices because it is difficult to invest there, and areas that appreciated the most rapidly may well have peaked to unaffordable levels.I saw a podcast recently where it was claimed that high-end grocery stores like Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's are a good indicator of a high-end neighborhood.

Pick areas that have a lot to offer....great schools, great jobs,  high traffic, close to major players like Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Starbucks etc.

I think the $/sf value you get being in that neighborhood, next to Snooze and Trader Joe's and a straight shot down 8th to downtown Denver is hugely attractive.

Get it notarized by a local Japanese notary... this may require them to translate the document into Japanese.

During this conflict, about 22,000 Japanese troops were killed or captured in the fighting and more than 4,500 U.S. troops were killed.