I found that cuts down on tons of questions.

That really cuts into your already thin or negative margins.The condo fees are also generally on the high side and you will have to pay that for all 52 weeks even if you only rent for 12 weeks.

You may have fun getting FHA note holder to release that new lot, but good luck, they may (after an appraisal review) to keep the loan compliant, but, they may not.But certainly, the solution is to do a minor subdivision and cut off that new unit.Don't get hung up with % rules, you need to pencil out deals in your market, the 2% rule won't fly here, the 50% may over a long term but it may not as our market has a lower tax and labor rate.

I have a nice garden that's not too much to maintain, lots of rose bushes the tenants can cut and bring inside, flowering vines on the fence (and take care of any repairs/issues around the building - real "pride of ownership").

Outsource the busy work and use your full time job and RE license to help fuel your investing.

The only reason to get on the paperwork is if you can make a bigger cut.

A foreclosure doesn't "wipe out" IRS liens, if they cut loose of the lien it was by choice and it's common, but not required.

To have 6 clear titles you have done something right in the past cut your losses and do it again.

On weekdays, if they can get to the property, they will cut an initial path before 06:30, in so all tenants can get out and get to work.

I would fear that they just went bankrupt and are informally collecting just enough cash to cut the grass and clear the snow.