I understand cap rates for multifamily but I don't know how to adequately apply them to sfhs. 

Because this is all very new to me, I was hoping to reach out to the BP community to confirm the website for the auction - www.waynecountytreasurermi.com - I'm not from Detroit, or Michigan, and am a little thrown off by the ".com" nature of a government website.I know this probably seems like a newbie question - but I'd like to confirm I'm registering 10k in the right place !

That's why my lease does not say who to install shutters, and there is also the "...not responsible for any natural disaster..." clause in there too. 

Eric a simple exercise in title work might yield some answers as to the nature of the alley.  

The extra money the seller has on the line is usually a great motivator.Being a conservative investor, the one thing that would stop me from closing (even with a good escrow agreement and plenty of cash to cover the cleanup) would be a situation I considered to have a reasonable risk of someone getting injured or killed due to the nature of the material left behind and easy access to it.

Saving doesn't come naturally for me like it does my daughter.

And do you charge a service fee for any calls even if its just a natural breakdown of an item (ex: a dishwasher)  or only charge a service fee if its obvious misuse.

just notes and investments of a  short term nature.. plus a building business which really does not count.. its building houses and selling them.. or kind of like flipping .. not really investing.. its a business that goes with the market cycles

And, naturally, my most recent post on the blog in which I slammed into the newbies about not becoming Pro members is responsible for at least 100,000 of those...or something like that...:)

Is been incredibly frustrating and especially since I am in no position to self manage right now with the nature of my job.