Mostly hands off, as tenants have been decent.

I've always walked in with my credit report in hand before I talk to a lender and ask them what they can offer to someone with a credit report like this?

But on the other hand, do you want them to make repairs themselves if that's what they decide to do?

Some need their hand held and led to a property and walked through every step, some don't.

I know I can just ask any question anytime here on BP, but I was hoping for practical hands-on experience.

If you do not want to have anything to do with tenanets you can flip or you can buy and hold with a property manager which is a hands off oppurtinity.

In my DM marketing Troi Mailing Services had a great hand; they've been of great support throughout the campaigns.

Here's what we decided to do:Initially we sent welcome letters and repeated requests for the tenants to call and got nothing back until after multiple attempts, including sending someone over to the property to hand deliver the welcome letter.

There are other strategies which require no money out of pocket but typically a beginning flipper is going to need some available money at hand to get into the game or even to put you in position to use those strategies.

Secondly, you must qualify for HAFA, as far as hardship, cash/assets on hand, etc.