I feel your pain.

Welcome Osmund Y. to our BP world,if you sell in bulk the buyer want an huge price drop for all of the properties, if you sell it individual you will collect much more with this sale I guess.Group/Bulk sales starts normal with mostly fair to poor houses and/or low occupancy or if the properties located in same block or street.

But, there are a lot of FOR SALE signs and at least one FOR SALE OR RENT within a couple blocks from my target property.

I can see both sides, and for families that are deep underwater, the pain of a foreclosure or short sale may be acceptable vs. decades of high payments.But just by itself, being underwater isn't really a reason to walk away.

First off, will this be a good safety net or will it bring chaos and pain?

I understand why lenders do it, but it's still painful for the successfully self employed.

The other ones are a pain as they randomly bill, one year December; next year, not til February.

Its controlled by almost a block by block analysis to find good investments that will cash flow and will have long term appeal for appreciation into the future.For the further suburbs, there are some very good opportunities with very good appreciation and moderate cash flow.Due diligence is key.All the best.

As a college student I started by buying a house with an owner hold that was close to being demolished.I then rented all the rooms out to fellow students.We all worked at replacing the roof, plumbing, & the bottom course of limestone block as the walls were all limestone.Salt damp was a problem in the area & houses such as this we're collapsing on the first course of wall support.

The house is empty and I live few blocks away.