I buy a underground lawn sprinkler head , buy the key in a plastic bag with some oil and bury it someplace easy to find . 

I am out much earlier a lot of the time.I may have missed a few, but I just sprayed this out off the top of my head.

So, make sure you are always looking to acquire properties, but I wouldn't hold that goal over your head because you might make bad decision to get your number when the deals just aren't there.

Quote from @Jared Appel: Hello BP,My name is Jared Appel, recently relocated to Chicago by way of Miami, and diving head first into the BP community to start my real estate career.

Has anyone had any success negotiating a lowered payoff for a medicare lien on a property headed for foreclosure auction? 

In my head i picture a some empty room with a printer on the floor and stacks of paper everywhere, having to drive to the post office and handing them a list where they hand type every address one by one. 

They might be lower-cost options, but in standardized, commoditized transactions, their UX quality and excellent customer service set them apart from other direct-to-customer carriers and agents.It would have been ad hominem had I offered proctologist referrals to assist with dislodging your head from the rectum it resides....I did not do that, I ignored it's placement.

Again, I don't mean to come off as a di*k head lol. this is a genuine question@Robert Westenberger House Hacking generally is a smart way and almost risk-free way for anyone to start real estate investing.

ect ect TALK to you county commissioner and/or one of the zoning heads about your intents (talk them to lunch, visit their office, give them flowers lol, just anything to get the county on your side)2.

Heading west on I-85 toward Gastonia or traveling on I-77 can mean some slowdowns.