Windows preferably over mac template. But either will work! Getting everything set up and researching as well as connecting with great contractors and mentors to get ready for my first flip. Just waiting on one of my ...

However its a cost of doing business when you are buying tax sale properties.  

Until someone resides at that address, there's no point in changing the lock.Why do you want access when it's empty?

You are basically paying a risk premium, if there are no issues the money you paid is gone. 

I think there a scamThey only take wire or ACHtheres no social media profile.i asked for them to send reviews, referral partners & social media.they we're defensive in there response.All the contact emails under the name is FB & LinkedIn icon but yet there not found

Whatever you do, start now. 20 years from (and whole bunch of inflation in between) you will understand that there is no bad investment when you are 24!

You can even sweeten the pot by telling them they don't have to clean, and you will hand them their deposit on the day of move-out after a 10-minute inspection to verify there are no damages. 

Any lower than that and the costs of the mortgage are typically a very high percentage of the loan amount.  

@Timothy Blackman Tax sales, whether tax deeds or tax liens, are no where near as easy as the prople promoting them imply.

But an appraiser would have no idea if the sewer line was original.