Another forty five percent is beyond worthless; its dangerous.  

Are there dangerous areas there?

That's really the key in identifying and choosing the right mentor not just someone who made it happen 1 time back in 2005 but now all they do is sell books and .mp3s all day on the one time they themselves (not their students) actually did anything of substance.

If it is depreciating regularly, flipping is dangerous, but asides from that, you're only adding value to a property.

Are there any additional risks or dangers one should know about when submitting their own offers?

Criminal liens can mean either (1) a fine was levied for a criminal activity in which the defendant was found guilty and since the fine was not paid the court perfected the fine and file a lien with the county in which the defendant's property is located or (2) the property was declared dangerous, an order was issued to remedy, the property owner did not remedy, and the county in which the property is located regards this as a criminal offense.If (1) then it needs to be paid off as would any other lien.

I believe those auctions should be reliable for providing comprehensive information on dangers of those type of sales, or they are simply in the business of ruining innocent people's life.

Analysis paralysis is alive and dangerous.

It sure doesn't seem she's in any actual danger (she's not married to the nutter, after all) and hopefully the shock will wear off by the end of the month.I had a gruesome suicide on the porch of one of my properties.

Once you've invested in something, done your research, made money, and decide to sell, you need to be careful, Jim Rogers says:Now that is a very dangerous time.