And the Baltimore auction has been pretty frothy the past 2 years...so it's possible you could spend months doing prep work for the auction only to find that there aren't many good deals.People in the tax lien business generally either have excess capital (that they are unable to deploy elsewhere at acceptable rates of return) or they are borrowing to invest in tax liens.  

Initially my dad was willing to partner with me but he is now unable to due to unforeseen circumstances.

(Especially since:  a)  the commercial lenders I've spoken to thus far all have balloon payments in 5 or 10 years...when interest rates go up, cap rates will surely follow... which means I may be forced to sell at a loss in a higher cap rate market or possibly be unable to refinance in a higher interest rate market if the cash flow then becomes underwater due to the higher rate?  

I was unable to find the email you referred to in your sig. might you be able to PM me a link?

Unfortunately our cribbing crew is super busy at the moment and an earlier delay (from a previous excavation company that cancelled on us) resulted in the typical domino effect of one contractor being unable to complete on time, thus impacting the rest of our basement schedule.A third contractor, who does our sewer install, is super reliable and has given a firm date.

I had planned to push the rents a bit but have thus far been unable; I learned that the hard way after keeping a unit on the market a bit too long at a price that wasn't generating prospective tenants. 

We'll do everything you're unable to do, because of location.

If just one individual drops out of the trip, then the group may be unable to cover the cost of the vacation rental.This makes it especially important to get a large portion (if not all) of the rental fee at the time of booking.

The deal must be reviewed by the city to be allowed to move forward- currently highly overvalued market by all metrics, price to income etc - low appreciation and returns compared to emerging EU member states and US(most RE companies offer annual returns around 10% (minus high taxes) for high risk speculative investments)- extreme anti landlord legislation Basically, if you love France and want a secondary residence sure go ahead, but otherwise, given the number of attractive alternatives available at the moment, i don't see any valid reason to invest in France unless you are french and unable to invest elsewhere.

So the process server will be posting the petition and summons on her door, and I have sent the petition and summons by certified mail, in case he is unable to give proper service.At this point, I am waiting to hear results from the process server, and I plan to attend my hearing one week from today.