After my wholesale deal i tried repeating but got so fed up with giving lowball offers to seller for pennies on the dollar, doing walk through' on ****** houses, cussed at, hung up on etc.

Feds are cracking down on money laundering. 

Vacant homes are usually boarded up, have long grass, and looks unkept.

It would seem to me that most subscribe to the philosophy that rates will stay low indefinitely, in part because that's the new precedent, but also because the Fed has to keep them low to keep payments manageable on our national debt.

We had gotten 1 inch of snow that mostly all melted only stuck to the grass no need to shovel or salt ( so I thought) and this guy slips hard and gets injured ugh.. there’s nothing at all I could’ve done.

While using tax benefits of the loss, yes, I would still save some money compared to renting / buying, but that seems like a dangerous wager to me given that the depreciation taxes will be recouped by the feds if I decide to sell and THAT could end up costing me way more than I ever actually made on the property.

I've gotten response rates as high as 30% from sellers who have severe code violations (not just tall grass or broken windows but mold infestation, or even structural damage). b. 

depends on tenant age, maturity and previous home ownership history. pellet stoves generally very safe 98% shut off with no electricity so not great safety net in grid down storm. and flame isnt open to being touched and can be controlled with thermostat   but as with everything from tub, pool, gym, ensure they sign legal form, require renters insurance, get your agent to include it and have lawyer draft a memo and add basic training every heating season. i am looking switch over my oil to pellet wood boiler fed by auger but its auto feed system in basement.  

The tenants are on a 12 month lease, they pay all their own utilities, and they maintain the grass cutting and shoveling during the winter. 

I was so fed up I enddd up just paying off all my single family home loans (about 10.