I would like to start a conversation about buying lots inside HOAs so I can learn from your experience.

I did contact the utility company and they suggested to give them a call during business hours and have the utilities disconnected since I no longer own the property.

@Maria Murphy I see maybe I misunderstood this part - are they themselves (or their company) the ones who will renovating the unit for you after the sale?

Second GC undid all the work and started from scratch.

Google "skip tracing" and hire a virtual assistant or call center to start dialing any property that last transacted for under a certain price point.

For anyone who started out on Biggerpockets and still doing real estate, how has BiggerPockets helped you? 

One year also helps you maintain a schedule for inspections, rent increases, preventative maintenance, etc.If your lease doesn't have an early termination penalty, then the only thing you can do is start marketing and find a replacement tenant.

Most often the terms specify that distributions are first paid to satisfy the preferred return and second they are paid to return capital, so the capital account would look like this:$100,000 starting balance$8,000 preferred return accrual($8,000) preferred return distribution$100,000 ending balanceIn year two, there is another $8,000 due, etc.But partnership agreements can be written however the parties agree, so the rules could be different and that would result in entirely different calculations and results.

Talking with an agent in a different state the other day and they started talking about this or that issue, that I never really heard about. 

Most sales agents are required to start working buyer leads when first licensed.