I have been looking into buying real estate for somewhat of 2 or 3 years now and still haven't pulled the trigger for one reason or another.

See if your project is going to trigger a CEQA document.

Usually a dry erase board with schedules, milestones etc, and a table with all the contractors documents on it.

I’ll pull the trigger in Q4 ‘19 or Q1 ‘20.

Looking at the photos there appears to be water damage so you might as well take out the dry wall or plaster and start it from the studs. 

We went to a real estate auction today and purchased our first rental property. The property goes before the court on December 6th, so we should be able to take possession on December 9th. It was a tax sale. We paid a...

If you stop making your payments then escrow/management company is instructed to notify the 2nd TD seller and they can begin foreclosure proceedings against you.The AITD can be recorded, but in California this will trigger a re-assessment of the property.

Contrary to your assertion, the only 'emotion' involved is the basic background detail on the matter in the first paragraph, another point in reference to the fact that we typically aren't coldly calculating and trigger happy with regard to our tenants' transgressions, plus a summary to the extent of the personality type we are dealing with and the various permutations that we might consequently have to deal with.

While it is good to fulfill an obvious need in the marketplace, is there a particular reason why another investor has not pull the triggers?

Once you find the right deal, pull the trigger.