Other Asset types can also include flex space, small retail strip centers, and medical office.  

One 1700 sq ft house cost me $18,000 to put back together and if I hires a contractor the cost would have been $32,000.Welcome to the world of real estate for single-family homes where the costs to maintain the properties is about 4 to 10 times more than maintaining properties with a large number of units.I used to let my property management companies get estimate for repairs and the never had a magic wand, magic pills, or magic bullets and I always got my own lower prices and better contractors when I did not want to or could not do the work.Get your own prices, but $12,000 sound about right for a ton of things that have to be done and then you need to worry about the extras that are not on the list.

or was it a medical bill in collections?  

There's a lot of debt out there that could eventually be up for sale: credit card debt, medical debt and - another big kahuna - student loan debt.

The medical issues surrounding actual lead poisoning are devastating and you have a moral obligation to deal. 9) I'm talking about liability more than health because we all grew up in houses with lead paint and actual poisoning was rare. 

Within the medical community you'll find all sorts of people who pick up travel contracts, like respiratory therapists, physical therapists, phlebotomists, etc.

That's why it would be hard pill to swallow on the sale...I've also heard a few stories about persons whom have sold their real estate and wished they kept it.

Actually, I'm in Portage and Kalamazoo areas:I am hoping someone can help me figure out if a cost-seg is worth it and on which of my two recently purchased properties I should do it on.I have a W2 income as a medical professional and my wife is not yet a real estate professional. 

Finally, settled back at Ohio University for medical school and am finishing up my last year before residency.

Acceptable to me are Large Medical Bills, Foreclosures From a bad housing market, Unusual Business losses, etc.Credit report will tell you if they have numerous Late Pays or No pays (Charge-offs) then these might not be the right folks for you.Strong Pay Stubs and verifiable good reports from previous landlords might outweigh marginal credit.