I have found that in many cases being fair with people has worked to my advantage however when you come across the the occasional professional dead beat, they tend to know the law better than you do so make sure your lease is written with adequate protection based on your states requirements.

The only items that can be deducted are property taxes on Schedule A and occasionally interest on Form 4952.

I buy them occasionally when they do trustee sales but they're few and far between.  

Then there is the occasional partial building structure.Just did a quick look at last year results in Yavapai county AZ. 

For some reason, I haven't been able to tag Kevin the last couple times I've tried, and occasionally others as well.

Look at county records and see who the owner is.....I’ve never “an investor” put a house on auction.com, just reo’s and the occasional short sale (usually from Nationstar).You do Not have a contract yet.

I'll get lucky on the MLS every once in a while (my last house had 18 bids or so, but I learned a few tricks from losing previous bids that worked this time), and occasionally I'll get off market opportunities through my property manager or other contacts that I've made over time.While it takes longer to find a place, the upside is it allows me to build up my reserves to have more options when something does come along.

I do use them occasionally.

GFC happens occasionally and will happen again.

He said he easily spends $20K each and every year on guru materials, seminars and even the occasional bootcamp.