The challenges of buying the property before the sale:The owner might be hard to locate, often the houses are vacant.Often more is owed on the property than what it is worth to an investor.There might be other liens (which a title company could determine.)But if you can find properties with the right numbers and the people willing to sell, it could work. 

I think to clarify, in North Carolina, when buying tax sale properties, the previous owner has a one year period during which they can challenge the foreclosure process by arguing they weren’t properly notified during the foreclosure process.

Hey everyone,I'm trying to get things working for buying my first rental property, and one of my challenges is that I am an out of country investor, which means that the cash that I have for my first deal isn't physically in the states, and it's not in dollars.

Good question, I have challenges getting to the weekday meetings, as I am normally traveling Mon-Thursday. 

Being active-duty have a lot of challenges when investing, like most of us know, one of them being the trust. 

Social media product rules and engagement can change frequently leaving you at the mercy of the tech.

Guy Hi Guy, I'v posted this before as there are so many folks investing out of state but it is worth repeating.....Investing from out of state is challenging but if set up correctly, it can be a great way to reach areas that can give you a better return.

I can't quite grasp how challenging that part will or won't be.- As a last ditch scenario, if I can only secure 1 property for whatever reason, I'd put the entire $140k into it, and get a mortgage on the rest (likely around $200k on the mortgage). 

@Timothy NeafseyHi TimothyI think the biggest challenge is getting any type of financials from them and getting financing from a bank.

But also @Linda D. makes an extremely good point, in the mean time, stay extremely engaged in surrounding yourself with like minded REI individuals as this will continually remind you and motivate you to stay accountable to your WHY you are doing this.