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? 

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

I'll head into the zoning office tomorrow, probably better than attempting get my specific questions answered over the phone.  

Figure that out and you'll have a roof over your head that pays for itself while you accelerate savings and repeat in 1-2 years.

There is almost zero chance that you bring this issue to a head and they sign a lease with a good future prospect for the tenancy.

There's a high chance that you are feeling FOMO from the returns in public markets, sell your houses for a loss, pile into stocks, and then see mediocre performance while real estate heads back higher again.I see this, and similar actions, play out over and over.Personally, I'd stick with the real estate rather than selling it.

@Nathan Gesner hit it on the head here.

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.

This can help with limiting the time your unit sits vacant.These situations can get tricky, but I always recommend staying level headed during your interactions with the tenant.The worst case scenario is the tenant ends up unhappy that you don't want them to break the lease early and/or they don't want to pay for an early lease break (hopefully defined in your lease agreement with them) and ends up damaging your property, costing more, prior to their actual move out date.