Knowing it was in a great neighborhood and there was incredible upside, I was willing to take on the risk that the house may not be salvageable.

Hi everyone, I have read many of the posts and replies to posts referencing the foreclosure process here and have also gone through the BP Foreclosure book which has been incredibly helpful so far. 

Let me assure you that including utilities is very much worth the added expense for students I'm targeting, BUT they also do incredibly dumb things.

BP is incredible but getting out and meeting like-minded real estate people in your area is 100% worth it. 8.

When you find a rundown house and an owner motivated to sell, you'll make large profits fixing up and renting it out.

Doing those two things will go incredibly far to reduce your risk with the investment.

I couldn’t afford Boston so we bought 24 units (12, 7, 5) in northern NH, which generated incredible cashflow, all within 18 months.

I do NOT want to file for non payment although I feel like a "7 day pay or quit" notice would get the ball rolling and would cost nothing for me to place on the door and would certainly motivate her to move more quickly.

If you are looking to invest into real estate, I have found this site to be incredibly helpful.

Once we had an accepted offer, my agent has become incredibly inconsistent and while I think he's probably a great realtor but it's tough to understand some of the recent advice I've received.