Foreclosures force the owner to sell because missed payments, probate forces heirs to sell a family members home, liens ultimately force a person to sell there homes to pay what they owe in tax/fines etc.

I'm only getting into real estate now, with one property in Tokyo (single family home) and one condo in Waikiki.I had largely dismissed investing in Japan for the reasons @David Gotsill mentioned -- figuring that BRRRR wouldn't really work here unless you have a property in prime location right next to a popular train or subway station.

Whether your at $0 or $10mm of personal cash to start with.   

Hi Bruce, i'll start by saying i'm a mortgage person, so please understand the context in which my response is coming from. you'd need to create CC&Rs/bylaws and establish an HOA in order to do this.

I would have hired a junk haul person to do the clean out instead of my contractor.

Interesting, I bet she is a unique person.

Comps in the area are ranging from $325, 350, 375,000.

I want to be able to have all of each clients homes in their own personal folder and be able to add to that with various reports on each home as we acquire them/

RE investing has been something I wanted to do personally.

I’ve personally gutted and rehabbed three of my own houses, and for the last three years, I’ve been hands-on managing my own rental properties.