My initial propose for obtaining a license was to pull comps myself and make my own offers.

In any case, when I searched for the owner’s name, I came up with the 2 mortgages but nothing else.Also, I saw that the same property was put up for auction last year and then removed – is it likely that the owner paid off what was owed then and fell behind again or do banks just arbitrarily pull properties off the auction block?

I have spoken with tenant and we will quickly get something written up with all of the terms to make sure they don't pull a fast one.

Imminent foreclosure, estate properties, out-of-state owner who can't/doesn't want to be a landlord any longer.Another thing to keep in mind about BRRRR, you don't necessarily have to pull every dollar out at refinancing.

However, between my partners and I, we each received 1/3 of the cash we pulled out and are now each paying 1/3 of the mortgage each month (hopefully that all makes sense).

The only reason I am not pulling out of our place is that we put down 10,000 for new floors and applicances.1. wonder if anyone was ever in a similar situation and what they did or would do?

Any recommendations on how to stablize property without power until I can get in, turn on power and dry the place out and pull carpets etc...

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS get your pre-approval letter BEFORE looking at properties IF you are a serious buyer who is ready to pull the trigger.

It's slightly wider and will not fit in the space currently occupied by the existing mailboxes.To accomplish this, I'd have to pull up the board that all the mailboxes are mounted to and put in a new board that is long enough and then remiunt the mailboxes. 

I recently have moved to Virginia with all intentions to pull the trigger on my real estate investing journey.