With no one in overall charge, not every tenant pulls in the pails in the morning, on windy days, the empty pails would blow over the neighbors sidewalk, or halfway up the street, causing traffic problems.

Looking at a deal in Old Dayton, that I’m hoping to house hack, just wish I knew more about the neighborhood.. 10 minutes from downtown, Main Street is Salem Ave. 

So you would have to find out during monthly maintenance inspections for leaky faucets and toilets etc.If you have  super high water bill then the main going to the street could be leaking or something else.

I had previously bought a house on the same street and got a high volume of calls/interest on it.  

One way to minimize risk is to wait for the "blood in the streets" phase to run its course.Brazil right now is heading that way. 

The house has a high bid of under $400k and there are 2 other houses for sale on the street for $549k and $599k.

Now you have a mortgage that you can't pay, and your parents can't pay, and everyone ends up out in the street with wrecked credit. 

Speaking of which, do you create a mortgage with a note or can't a guy off the street make one, or what functions for the purpose of a mortgage for an investor?

Ok so I've done some reseach on what the difference is in a tax lien and a tax deed. found out in mass we have tax deed redemption at a 16% interest. so i was poking around my local tax lien database properties online, and I just am typing in street names especially high market places in massachusetts.There are a lot of nice houses with tax liens owed.

@Alejandro Lisson Ramirez Zip codes can be misleading because streets and neighborhoods can vary within a zip code.