I've been diving into real estate for about 10 years now, starting with reading all the books I could get my hands on.

(Couldn’t really afford the place, didn’t have good enough credit to be worried about an eviction, etc etc..)2) They should have posted a 5-7-10 (depending on local laws) to “pay or quit” as soon as the ent was late and started eviction.

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You can't do any work on the property yourself, you must outsource everything.

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Then it'd on them to either take it or not.

The house is on 0.06 acre and the lot is 0.14.

I would focus on abandonment.

As an agent who works with a lot of investors, I have recently started to notice more and more that people will evaluate a property based on its current metrics, and write it off.

Make sure you’re checking in on your tenants, getting them to document any damage, and having solid insurance coverage.