In Mass, auctions are held at the actual property on the given date/time, rather than the courthouse steps.Feel free to reach out directly and I can send you some of the websites I use to track auctions.

Credit, budget, research?  

Current financial statements and of proposed transferee and its principals, along with credit reports, real estate experience and background for each 3.

BP - My reasons behind writing this post are to track my own progress, get other peoples best practices, and give updates along the way so we can all learn.I am doing my first direct mail campaign focused on self storage facilities in Minnesota.  

Hey folks,Just got my track search back for a property tomorrow and found:---Recapture Agreement recorded (date) as document(number) made by (person) to Illinois Housing Development Authority, to secure a note in the originally stated principal amount of $25,000.00, and to the terms and conditions thereof.All I can find about a Recapture Agreement is that it is a 0% loan given to certain people from the government for rehab.  

You are definitely on the right track when it comes to counting the cost and calculating as much as you can and utilizing the BP calculators and tools.  

My questions would be is it possible to find lenders given my low credit score?

So for example if you decided to convert the car wash site to McDonalds would you get a water credit since the water use would decrease significantly?

I currently live in New Hampshire, and have one cash-flow positive duplex- which I scrimped and saved years for while building credit.

If the systems are in place to weed out the bad applicants, IE the ones with evictions, transient history, poor credit, poor job history, etc, then you shouldn't blame the PM when a tenant goes bad.