Several potential buyers have been met by her and told how awful the home is, that the neighborhood is not a good place for their family, and not a good fit for military families (we are just a few miles south of Joint Base Lewis McChord).  

They are constantly improving the platform and sending new updates of what is available.

And if you are not a "people" person it will be really hard to make it in this business long-term, because whether you are managing tenants, contractors, property managers, brokers, or employees, this is a business that requires constant interaction with others.Aside from that, even the hard-asses have soft spots and lines that they let people cross.

There is only so much you can educate yourself on, then when involved in an actual deal a million things come up that no course or book prepared you for.The fact that you are still trying to raise capital tells me that this is more complicated legally than just a joint venture among equals.

I always stay in touch with the seller so if anything pops up that is unexpected we can jointly deal with it.

Heres my situation:$82k Mortgage8 years left3.75%$1000 P & I paymentPersonal Assets:$180k liquid cash ready to deploy into real estateI live in Northern California and so far have not had any luck deploying my funds into real estate here (really hot market, seems overpriced, my offers are constantly beat out).  

HPU is surrounded by a 6-foot (or taller) iron fence and the only entrance is constantly manned by one or two guards in a guard booth. 

-central air register to the room- on the attic side, the sheet metal is wrapped in some kind of joint compound white stuff.

I find out the title is held as joint tenants and there are 3 IRS tax liens attached to the property.My question- his adult children want to “walk away”.

He's constantly talking about how you need to bring the skills you are good at into your real estate investing, and find others to fill in the gaps (and your own shortcomings)It has occurred to me that one of the big ways that I can still bring value added is through my architectural skills.