It is not that it is too expensive, you can buy them reasonable, I am just worried about looking like a douche bag, LOL!

It sounds stupid, but my parents neighbor asks all the neighbors to leave their cans in bags in his driveway and he takes them in and makes money every week off of them.

Good vs Bad areas: This is a mixed bag of issues.

Podcasts on spotify are definitely more my cup of tea, and I have already listened to a good 20+ podcasts by biggerpockets.

Hi JulieWe start showing as soon as the tenant gives notice.It has been a challenge sometimes, I remember setting up showings at a house where the tenant was away for the weekend.Just her teenage kids were home.The first showing was embarrassing, but I managed to do a garbage bag / throw stuff in the cupboards (including dirty dishes)The next tenants took the place, but I made a deal with them to have our painter / handyman come in to do a bit of painting, after they moved in.It is not always ideal, some of the hustle between tenants, but I find if you communicate well, set expectations and do what you say you are going to do, you can avoid any loss in revenue.That being said, sometimes you have to shut a unit down between tenants to do a full on scrub down.To clean properly it really takes a lot of time.Mike

You might be able to just buy it (if there's some equity), do a short sale (if not), or maybe catch up the loan and do a subject to under the right circumstances (not my cup of tea, but some folks do this.)If you want to buy at auction, Denver county has sales every Thursday at 10:00 AM.  

If we can't get the property for 6 months, we just want to bag the whole thing.The concern about the property is that half of the aluminum siding has been stripped.

He's great at dad-joke competitions, ping pong, and bean bags (or corn hole as some may call it).

If you're investment strategy is long term appreciation investing in less desirable areas, then you have to be able to read the tea leaves/trends and/or become part of the trend of improving an area until it becomes desirable.  

10.How much in each bag?