In any case it depends - if the project is under construction, I lean on the contractor - to lock up, not staging material not needed for a few weeks, keeping site secure.

They want us to have "skin in the game" at this stage of the game. 

I am assuming you are paying a purchase price in excess of the tax liens.  

This is our current situation:39 years oldBoth have high income jobs and low expensesZero debt$100,000 excess cash now to investAnticipate being able to generate $100,000 per year from jobs to put toward investments for the foreseeable futureNo credit score because we paid off mortgage and all other debt years agoJust applied for a credit card and was rejected despite a perfect payment history, was told that it was all to long agoWant to finance properties on 20 year loans with 20% downAm concerned about getting loans with no recent credit history

Kinda"-Final Results (I'm sure there is still a call or two out there):30 Calls = 6% response rate6 of the callers already had their home listed w/an agent1 of the calls was the "never call me again" voicemail (ironic since I never actually called anybody that didn't call me first).2 of the calls were the "We're not considering selling at this time but thanks for the letter" types.12 were tire kickers - I've added them to the follow up schedule.3 I'm still playing phone tag with but they all have called back at least one additional time.4 are in the "somewhat" motivated stage.2 are in the "REALLY" motivated category - both are out of town and we're setting up times to get into the houses.One interesting thing I have found (those of you that are pros at this probably already know this) the more I could just listen and get them talking the better off I was.  

Any an all comments are greatly appreciated at this early stage in my career!

So you can 1031 into a different asset class that is at a different stage of recovery. 90% of multifamily I am not a buyer on right now.

I actually wanted that house at one point but it got snatched up from HUD during the OO period and never made it to the investor stage. 

I want time to spend with family, time to be there for foster children, time to travel, reduced concerns about how to pay for living.In this post I will have to gloss over how I arrived at the stage of wanting to invest in real estate.

Im in the eary stages of learning about commercial real estate.