Government liens more often than not produce little or nothing for the agency that files them. 

I know if I do my numbers right and cash flows from day 1, I will have a property that will produce year after year. 

We have cleaned that up and are currently sheet rocking our second home and leveling the lots and preparing the pads for the next two.The biggest risk in any real estate investment in my opinion, is to make sure your estimate months are correct on both the cost to build and the price you can sell it for.I hope this helps.Good luck.Rich

I did a mini-retirement (2 year rock climbing/ Mt.

Looking at either Eagle Rock or Glendale.

It has since been a great income producing property for over 3yrs.

I have a software development background and had worked on simulators (for traffic analysis) many years ago, so it seemed like a natural way to become more familiar with the interrelationship of various real estate metrics and produce a usable tool.

I have been looking for a market where Multi-family properties produce good results (say maybe 1.5 %) where at least 1 unit will pay the principal/interest and tax.

Hello BP,Just following up to see if anyone has any good contractor recommendations in the Quad City area (Moline, East Moline, Rock Island and Bettendorf) . 

Check out our website and let me know what additional questions we can answer and get your property producing again.