Lawyer consult not helpful, time and expense with no guarantee..  

It is too easy to make tax liens sound good and risk free but they are by no means risk free or "Government Guaranteed" etc. as many sites claim.

If the vacant data doesnt come directly from the city, its almost guaranteed to be inaccurate. 

Real estate is definitely attractive compared to an assembly line, but that money is guaranteed for hard work.

Yesterday Harvard announced they will have online courses for Undergrads @ $50k this coming fallhttps://theweek.com/speedreads/923878/harvard-undergraduates-pay-full-tuition-nearly-50000-completely-online-classes-fall$50k can be better spent on real estate with endless online free training material and maybe some mentorshipWhat can be going through these kids heads with an unstable economy, learning at home and unsure if a degree can guarantee them a career.

finish it,.... your competition did, guaranteed.

Cost to re zone, cost of renovation and final rent numbers.It is always a numbers game but it is a guarantee that 2 units will cash flow better than any SFH when the numbers to convert work.

In regard to Zillow and online leads, the majority are long-term leads and garbage, but if you call every lead you get from Zillow or Realtor dot com back in one minute and then follow up every day for a week and then every other day for a month, it's pretty much a guarantee that your ROI will be phenomenal.

I do know that things got a lot tighter in the last 10 years in that regard, so I can't guarantee (good) fixed rate for that many years are still possible.

From there you can start zoning in and talk to some local pros and BP members.But remember - high cap rate can come at a high price and does not guarantee high returns.