Cash flow:Post refi: $109.26 ($1,311.16 annually)Cash on Cash post refi: 24.8% I do plan to get an agent to help me with CMA's, but these are preliminaryNow...There is a child support lien for about $25,000 against the man (whose address is shown as this property on the lien), but i cant find where he is an owner of the house (only the woman's name appears in the public record)...so does this lien affect this property?? 

Make sure to check out the Bigger Pockets Blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/It is full of great information.

Exactly the reason I was thinking of having students pay full rent, and then I would pay them a fee for any maintenance.

But I can give you some general advice.There's usually public notice involved so you pick up the list from your local legal newspaper or website.

I have a primary source of income (~100k per year), but looking to get to the point where real estate investing can be my full time gig.

BP,I am a part time real estate investor with my full time job being in medical device sales.

I only have about 5K right now since I've just started a good full-time job about 5 months ago that isn't seasonal work. 

Let's just assume it's a full cosmetic flip plus some systems updates and a roof.  

Hi All, I am in the process or re-organizing my part-time real estate operation into a full time business.  

If I did go out of town, I would expect to pay the full 20% down and start renting out right off the bat, which is why I think an FHA near Seattle is really my only option if I want to enter the market in the next year or 2.