Hello Sandy,Sorry I'm so late getting back to you - just discovered your question.I've been using Tenant Tracker and Investor Books made EZ since 2008.

(What I have discovered so far is that you love money and hate tenants.)Here's why I'm here.

A basic component of your house IS the problem.Otherwise, get creative.

First a little context:- I've been investing in US real estate for around 5 years now, primarily flipping with a local JV partner (/ service provider: he takes a fee for service and is compensated based on the success of each deal, but does not take an equity position)- More recently I've become interested in buy-and-hold - for a range of reasons, but primarily because I have recently discovered it should be possible for me to get quite a large amount of leverage (I'm a US citizen living overseas, so initially found that quite difficult, but seem to have found at least a couple of lenders who will work with me)- As such I am now focused on building up as large a portfolio as I can - to maximize the amount of principal paydown being done by tenants on my mortgages and to leverage the flexibility my employment income gives me as much as possible.

I'm researching a foreclosure coming up for sheriff's auction next week and discovered there are several judgement liens on this property and a second mortgage.

I'll keep you updated with what I discover and learn.

For the purposes of this writing I am going to focus on the site that has the most components to the redevelopment.

@Marc DufourIn the decades, that I have been doing tax sale there was one case where the sale was voided.There was a severe environmental problem that the bidder discovered after the sale.

Recently we discovered that a tenant punched through one of the bedroom doors and claimed that it would cost $25 to replace when in reality it was a very difficult door to match with the rest of the hallway doors and it cost us nearly $300 for the door and the labor.The downside of not doing walk throughs is they tend to leave stuff behind for us to dispose of (mattresses etc) and the places tend to be left dirtier.So the compromise is do a walk through with them but refuse to agree on costs on the spot.

So I discovered that I have two 457b accounts (from a prior job that I had) that combined equal $30,000.