Please click on the links, give them a read, and share your thoughts in the comments.First is a post that I feel will help not get overwhelmed with the amount of info that is here on BP:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52761-the-simple-guide-to-getting-started-on-bp The second is a post that will help get you focused with your real estate investing goals:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52743-im-new-to-bp-any-advice-would-be-appriciatedThe last one is a post that will help you choose an “investor friendly” real estate agent.

Yep, no conventional loans, pick your poison.

Sounds like you bought a house, with taxes paid up for the quarter already and you took possession sometime during the quarter. it also sounds like they forgot to calculate the tax credit due to the seller at closing. if that's the case, I believe most purchase contracts have a clause that states you will make it right if there was some miscalculation or simple omission at closing. even if not, the old owner paid for taxes and you are benefitting unjustly. the ethical thing in my mind is to refund the extra tax. there is no reason to go to court for this.if i'm wrong, please explain the situation better.

If you pick up just one side you could file for a partition lawsuit to split your portion from the whole or try to hunt down the other party to make a deal or get them to agree to partition the whole.   

Francescon now lives in Illinois.Early in the crisis, cash-rich investors rushed in, snapping up troubled homes on the cheap.Big, Wall Street-backed firms and small players picked up homes by the thousands at bank foreclosures for well under $100,000.

They can leave you at any time and you have to pick up the pieces.

. $20 for business cards from Vistaprint then I taught them a simple script to use with their friends and workmates along the lines of: "I'm looking for houses to buy, if you know anybody wanting to sell please give them this card or get their number and let me contact them.

Was it just a simple Google search?

Please click on the links, give them a read, and share your thoughts in the comments.First is a post that I feel will help not get overwhelmed with the amount of info that is here on BP:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52761-the-simple-guide-to-getting-started-on-bp The second is a post that will help get you focused with your real estate investing goals:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52743-im-new-to-bp-any-advice-would-be-appriciatedThe last one is a post that will help you choose an “investor friendly” real estate agent.

Couldn't pick 2 hotter areas than that.