They offered additional training, but my circumstances wouldn't allow my to take advantage of the training and then my brother introduced me to this site and I have to say it has been a God send.

Everyone must evaluate those questions in light of their personal circumstances, tolerance for risk, available capital, etc.

I have a tenant whom singed an 18 month lease and due to circumstances he could not control, he had no choice but to join the armed services to help provide strong healthcare for cheap for his growing family.

As far as the taxes go, the mortgage company would not neglect to pay the taxes even if the borrower defaulted on the loan.

From what I've read on homepath discounts it depends on the area but when they are accepting discounts it is typically 5-10 %, and in some rare circumstances up to 20%.

The property is a nice 3 family house in Providence, RI.Under other circumstances that would be great news, but I'm concerned because the building (which is the tax lien I bought) and the land have different title ( I don't have a tax lien on the land).

I have a special situation or circumstance regarding my application not addressed on the "Tenant Selection Criteria" form.

Community property states have slightly different circumstances.

I can tell from what many bloggers state that I would not consider the investment under any circumstances, even if I had no money in the project.Let me give you an example of what I feel is a good risk-workload vs. reward investment.

A bank REO guy does this every day with people who have hundreds of millions to invest in SFRs.In RE investing, you are looking for the magic triad of circumstances:1) Motivated seller - NEEDS to sell ASAP2) Distressed property - will not sell on retail market until it's repaired3) High equity - this gives them the ability to negotiate on price down to where you MUST be if this is a business and not a charity ;-)If all three of those do not exist, the deal could be elusive and you could waste a huge amount of time chasing it.Oh, and the house MUST NOT BE LISTED.