These are properties (many of which can only be sold to individuals who intend to owner occupy) that can be bought at SUBSTANTIAL discount from market prices (essentially, they are foreclosures from gov't backed loans).

I know when we purchased our primary, we had to wait a year to apply for the homestead and our taxes essentially doubled from the previous owners (who were there forever).

I essentially would want to see other owners' approach to managing property / neighborhood / get a feel.3.)

The T&P valve is good to make sure it still functions for safety but not many people bother with it since most don't do maintenance and the water heater lasts under 15 years.

My husband also has expressed a concern about my safety when showing the property as well.

I currently work in public safety/law enforcement for a university.

You essentially need to do a simple business case analysis before you move forward with any condo purchase that would be short term owner occupant, and long term rental.

I have saved up a very nice safety net for repairs which is at about 7.5kMy RE agent buddy did a comp for me last week as I was thinking about refinancing and getting some equity out for a new investment and it came in at around 90-100k.However with a cash out refi I can only go up to 75% of ARV..so after all is said and done the payment would drop to around 510 on a new 30 yr and all the cost of business would eat up most of my cash out leaving me with a little under 5k......ugggh I feel like that 30k of equity is just trapped and don't know what to do.I still need one more year of landlord experience to move on to bigger abd better things, so selling this year seems out of the question.Do I just leave well enough alone for the moment?

Retain a title company to search properties is essential; knowing you are entering into an areana that is most often attended by experienced "tax sale" buyers you need to make sure your not caught up in the "bidding" process.

Right now I'm working with a very knowledgable RE lawyer but their a newbie when it comes to wholesale and contract assignment so we've been essentially "learning" together.I'd also love to get contact info for attorneys that knows about structuring sub2 and seller financing contracts.