Who can I talk to that would be able to help determine if its worth redeveloping the property?

I was thinking about picking up simplisafe, (as you can tell I listen to the podcast)Any reviews?

Not familiar with your term, "house hacking" but I'd recommend picking a few ways to learn and profit from real estate.

Just pick an insurance company carefully just like you would pick an attorney, RE agent, CPA etc..

@Brandon Degroot we host a meetup and next week's topic is on how to pick up your first rental!

Where do you experienced Tax Sale investors find value and how can one determine a max bid on lien?

I don't know if there's a wrong decision..... it's just a matter of picking one and going with it.

That would probably determine whether it is an 8 plex or two 4 plexes they are selling together.

You'll have to determine how accurate these numbers are though, and I still don't see any utilities (unless that's billed back 100% or 100% paid by the tenants) or lawn care/snow, unless you don't have to worry about that based on the landscape of the building or built that into the repairs.

We moved, and just received (at day 31 after move out) a certified letter stating that we had $7100 worth of smoke damage in the apartment "pending additional charges to be determined".