I want to teach you something and I'm sure once you will exercise it you will be thankful for this piece of advice, no matter how experienced you are, you should always ask other people for ideas, experienced as well as young energetic young inexperienced peopLe trying to push their way through the industry.

So between my acquisition and renovation phase, I probably spend on average 20 hours between management of my contractors, coordinating materials, designs, or even physically assisting in the renovation, though 95% of it I sub out.

EXTREMELY long distance.Here is is the hard bottom line to your issue.You need to be able to trust the person physically evaluating the property.If you are unsure, then wait.

Crack attack will do the physical work once the engineer specified it.

I understand the frustration of not being able to see properties listed, however, if the agent gets the price the client wants without having to go through the exercise of listing it on the market, that agent is doing their job well.

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $411,050

Cash invested: $20,350

3BR, 2BA, 2 car garage / 3 BR, 2.5 BA, 2 car garage duplex built in 1983. Ho...

All the exercises are the same there is no secret in getting fit. 

I'm a new investor looking to invest out-of-state and have heard its recommended to physically visit the area you are interested in. 

Have a notebook exclusively for this -digital or physical-, and carry it everywhere.

well CA is not a tax lien state its a tax deed state.. so when you bid you own it.opening bid is just that.. you bid from there.. it will be rare to the extreme that a 600k property goes to sale at 25k.. and if it does it will get bid way up.bidding is simply what your willing to payyou can door knock send letters etc.. this is quite common.all liens are wiped out except IRS and those sunset 120 days no need to get super concerned with that stuffMost common is you buy a worthless property that has been let go to sale becasue its un buildable or other defects of a physical nature.