*This is the new aspect for me, so if you guys have any extra tips like "try calling the utilities rather than doing a search", or "always double check with the zoning & permitting boards if you plan on doing STR for air b&b licenses", or even seeing if there are any extraneous departments that can cause headaches later like city inspector or the fire marshal, or some other thing that would be good to know about.Thanks so much in advance everyone --Side note, it is so refreshing to come to a site where people *want* to learn about title.

If you're not learning/the conversation isn't flowing move around and meet someone new.You can find REIAs here and on Facebook. 

Many companies have learned how to sell, how to market, and certainly how to answer questions like this.

I have been volunteering with local Habitat for Humanity groups to learn how to renovate houses, and currently looking for my first house hack or flip in the southeastern MA area (have been looking at areas such as Barnstable, Plymouth, and Bristol counties). 

However, after talking with the city planner, I learned this couldn't become a duplex for two reasons: 1.

What I've learned with this structure is to ensure the you are consistently paying down on principal, or you risk the bank eventually calling in the note, or asking you to restructure. 

Skip tracing and texting/calling a somewhat generic list with poor skip trace data is the perfect recipe for the results you've experienced so far.Since I got started as an investor I learned really fast that paying a premium for the best skip trace data available was worth it.  

Notably, the landlord is able to exclude the cancelled debt from income due to insolvency at the time of foreclosure. checkout this IRS publication to learn more: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/1415002.pdf

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