One person took a new cooling pillow and replaced it with their crappy old pillow.

Are you not making money? 

I am 23 and have saved up enough money to start my RE journey.

The money is paid with receipts on the day of the tax sale.  

Personally when I rented I never wanted my landlord bugging me but they don't care if my husband ("the handyman") is there all the time.

Are there are any real estate agents you would recommend from personal experience or from follow investors that focus in Michigan City, Indiana? 

It would really suck to lose money and also have to pay taxes. 

That's why it's not selling.In most markets, your Maximum Allowable Offer (MAO) to a seller should be no more than:        MAO = (70% * ARV) - Repairs - Wholesale_Fee        MAO = (0.7 * 290K) - 40K - Wholesale_Fee        MAO = 203K - 40K - Wholesale_Fee        MAO = 163K - Wholesale_Fee               - OR -        MAO + Wholesale_Fee = 163KSo, you'd need to get this under contract with the seller at under $163K to make any money at all as a wholesaler.At $200K you're NEVER going to get any interest from experienced rehabbers.This is also why you probably got no resistance or pushback from the seller.

But, just be sure to keep your personal investment goals in mind...because ultimately a lender does not get paid unless they, essentially, help you acquire a loan.Honestly...personally, depending on exactly where my investors are in their investment journeys...I typically recommend exploring the financing route.

Person purchased a neglected facility using hard money.