Will look forward to the occasional progress pic.

Even with the property managers, and we have great ones, we personally inspect occasionally, take a weekend and fix issues we find before they become problems that we'd be paying repairmen to handle.

I'll occasionally bid on the courthouse steps, but have never won anything there either.

It is true that occasionally the POS has an item or two that seems a bit heavy-handed, and sometimes you can "negotiate" with the inspector. 

An all-access account from Ancestry ($400/yr+) will go a long way and you will occasionally hit the jackpot when you discover “trees” created by others who’ve identified your target.

If I could get my own money refinanced back out of the property, and if the buyers had a great down-payment and could make a good monthly payment, I might occasionally do another o-f sell.

You can find foreclosures there and the occasional deal.

The catch is that there's also a 3rd floor unit that the previous owner had occasionally (illegally) rented out which is a 2BR/1BA on it's own.

Occasionally a tenant will respond with a "hardship" letter, stating they will be forced to move due to the higher rate.

My partner and I are in the process of putting together a RE investment company primarily focused on flipping and the occasional buy/hold.