Don't pay anyone thousands when the answers are right in front of you. 

Be very careful, depending on your state, it’s very hard to get clear title for tax defaulted properties, you usually need wait redemption period expires then suit quiet title for marketable title

I just don't want to wait that long and am ready to start now.

The odds of someone breaking the window while she's just a room or two away doesn't jive, particularly when she waits until the following day to report it to you and fails to report it to the police at all.Charge her and be done with it.

Can't wait for the real estate journey to begin :)Tyler

Explain it just like you did to us and then wait to see if they intend to charge you for these items or if they accept your explanation.You should be responsible for the bulb but not the time it took them to figure it out.

In Maryland if you wait until you are notified of the foreclosure, you will have to pay $750 in legal fees in addition to the taxes.

You call or email or text your friends who you have from networking so much and you wholesale it to them for a few thousand $$ and keep looking for the right property for you.

@Bryan Devitt That is good information - I am waiting for the 6 month mark with this new job before getting my pre-approval letter.

I'm in the process of waiting to take my RE license.