I really am just trying to get down to the bottom of the issue -- not "d*** swinging," whatever that means.

I also work a FT W-2 job.Although I know that just following the Great Recession was the bottom of the last cycle and and some might argue that we're near the top now, I'm still interested and bullish about investing.Current deal:I participated in my local county's tax-defaulted property auction through bid4assests.com in April.

You want to check out every unit top to bottom to get a reasonable idea of how much deferred maintenance/repairs there are and what that's going to cost you right up front.If it's an older property, it may be worth while to have the sewer scoped.Check all of the water shut off valves, in the units and the shut offs TO the units.

But the bottom line (in my opinion) is that strategies aren't uniform.  

The space under the window that has the wood panels I would match with the same vinyl siding that's on the top side of the house for new trim, but use a narrow row siding..Windows could use some grids would make it more defined.trim the center shrubs down at least 2 feet so they are even with the glass at bottom of windows. the brick looks crisp and clean don't paint your brick.. 

Would definitely like to get to the bottom of whatever you are running into.

https://biggerpockets.foreclosure.com/Scroll down on the link below, the banks are closer to the bottom...https://www.biggerpockets.com/rei/bank-owned-reo/https://www.biggerpockets.com/rei/government-owned...

If the numbers still don't make sense to be at least cash flow neutral, you could still buy and flip it if those numbers work.Get your RE license and earn while you learn working on a part or fulltime basis as a RE agent.

Not much is more disturbing or disconcerting than having angry, distressed relatives being told they cannot be given access to the apartment, but the bottom line is that they cannot.

It would be *so* helpful to be able to skip to the bottom of a thread when viewing discussions on iOS.