We are pursing a foreclosed property in Rochester NY- which had numerous liens that we sorted our way through, along with an owner that skipped town.

I know I missing something as there are many of people that buy numerous properties and have to be well over their ratio also.Any input is helpful for this rookie.

However, it's been pretty difficult winning a bidding war.

Sorry, I can't give you a simple numerical figure to this complex question. 

The best investment I made this year was joining a real estate mastermind group (the War Room!).

I made numerous requests to have my account removed and each time it was ignored.

I am GC and I’ve been called numerous times to clean out other peoples work , even from so Called contractors.

@Uri Elazar The following document explains exactly when the 1099-MISC form is required, and it also lists the numerous exceptions (including payments made by credit card) when a 1099-MISC form is not required:https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1099msc.pdf

Expect bidding wars. 

Pete FL) and have studied numerous other markets (principally Chicago IL and Toledo OH) over the past 20 years.