Put more eloquently, the Alabama Supreme Court said, “Though ordinarily there exists a presumption that one does not intend to abandon his property, this presumption is not attendant where the article claimed to have been abandoned is generally considered valueless.”[1] Photographic evidence that the contents of a tax sale property were all damaged, heavily soiled, or not worth the cost to haul to the dump, would seem to indicate “valueless” abandoned property.

Very light weight, quick dry comforters. 

The dry cleaner, the sandwich shop, etc. who relied on those workers are suffering.  

as for investing in Texas i think the biggest thing that buy and hold investors miss is the property tax situation and the shock when the property is reassessed and your postiive cash flow just went negative.. then the other issue is foundation and soil  wind and hail.. 

True you can't save your way to riches, but the mindset shift and cost savings dry powder will set you up for success👍 

I can do a fixed-rate second loan on an investment property known as a HELOAN but the HELOC market for investment properties has dried up a bit in recent months.You can check out Nick's recommendation or feel free to shoot me a message to learn more about a HELOAN.Hope this helps!

We added some paint, installed some ceiling fans, patched up some dry wall and a door that someone punched through, and did a little deep cleaning in the master bath.

If you can keep as much of that dry powder as possible, you will be able to really find the best opportunities.

Unfortunately, I dont have enough dry powder to do both to any meaningful degree. 

Don't even bother with the NYC market and its 5 borough because it's dried up and over saturated with investors.