Second, you should be educating yourself on real estate investing through books, podcasts, articles, blog posts here on BP and elsewhere, and by networking with other local investors.

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After researching the property I discovered that the owner is in jail for a 90 year sentence, and a news article stated that the residence was permanently taken by "the police and prosecutors" Could someone please help me and point me in the right direction?

Everything points to your site and from there it points out everywhere online (Social media, blogs  etc. etc.. ) and from everywhere online pointing back to your websites and other blogs and social media.Too many investors see a website as just a box to be checked on your checklist..

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Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

Ask to be on RE and business podcasts, start your own podcast, start a blog, start a youtube channel. 

Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

Upon further qualifying them (I goofed and was not aware of estoppal agreements at that time), I have discovered one of the tenant's income does not meet my "3x rent" rule.