I've heard stories of incompetent title companies, however.

Not only does BP have free informative forums for you to learn and comment on, it also has free online courses, guides, and success stories from other real estate investors!

The property is two stories. 

A TIC is a unique structure for holding property in that while we technically had our own units (our building was built as a over under duplex with a soft first story (garage and storage areas and services (furnaces) underneath the 2nd floor living unit with 3rd floor living unit on top. 

Your story resonated with me, as I am a young and new investor in NJ who is just finishing up a few months of "research mode", raiding my local library and slowly trying to sift through the ~300 awesome BP podcast episodes for nuggets of wisdom.

So, I jumped on the county site to find the lot and block of my 3 properties, but never did know which auction(s) would have them :(Long story short, I think I learned a few things, but I'm left with SO MANY more questions...What's the deal with Auction.com? 

If you drive the 4900 block of Cedar St you’ll see a beautiful 3 story victorian twin homes that have gone up in price over the past year and a half.West of 52nd in the Cobbs Creek area rehabbed homes have began to sell very quickly on the market as well as people have started flipping and putting homes on the market.There is a large amount of development projects planned in University City over the next ten years.

I hear the success stories about people retiring at 40 traveling the world sipping margaritas enjoying life.

Working with a broker that knows each banks criteria will be helpful however (they are all different), as they can craft your deal and "story" to a bank that allows for certain "exceptions".  

I have my tenants deposit it in my bank account so that I am not chasing rent or listening to stories of how they mailed it on time.