>Its the same thing for doing a renovation.

Do you have any advice on particular sites to look into to find tenants like this needing placement?

Is it still worth to invest in the area?

In a fund you typically are backed by all the assets, when doing it yourself its one.

I mean we tracked a 2 mil population metro and were able to buy 1 to 3 a month with 6 full time folks doing nothing but the tracking and door knocking. do it yourself going to be a challenge but hey give it a try see how it works.

There are also companies that will do it for $100-300 flat fee or $30-50/yr.

Those who do pump out the dividends, don't appreciate anywhere near that. 

If they're going to force an eviction, I would want either 1) to just wait until it's done and keep extending the contract (if you're in no rush at all) or 2) ask for a substantial price discount to deal with it yourself.

to see if you like it and can learn/handle the require underwriting. - contact @Jay Hinrichs about this, pay him if necessary, as he's been doing for 25+ years.Good luck!

I then went to the bank and mortgaged it for the same $30k at 8.5% over 20 years.