HiIf the mortgage gets wiped out in a tax-dead sell, what do I have to look out for before bidding?

Multi units are you safest start point for beginners when cash flow is the priority.Put as small of a DP as possible as equity in a rental is basically money lying dead eating up your cash flow.Screening of tenants is your number one priority and keep in mind buying a occupied unit will likely require getting rid of tenants and replacing with your own selection.

Not to beat a dead horse here but I was trying to learn from my mistakes.

If the appraiser calls it out, assume a qualified licensed inspector of the thing will be required to inspect and comment on remaining economic life of the thing, and if he says it's no good, dead deal.

I have a property manager managing the place.I recently went by the property and noticed the lawn is dead.  

At 24 I was still dead broke and barely surviving.

If you have equity in a property/pay down a mortgage you must deduct a return on that cash from the rental income before any other deductions to pay for that cash lying dead in your property.

The old owner kept VERY poor records, and is dead to boot. 

Hello BP World,I am at a dead lock right now in terms of thinking of a name for my buy/hold rental company.

My issue with that is the tree will look dead and I'm worried about it being able to sell like that.