The recent economic crash forced me to close my business and I lost just about everything.

Beat up the seller on price and fix it up economically.

It seems like it is a waste of economic capital to have these houses sitting vacant and deteriorating. 

The best of my understanding is that the loan may be discharged off Chapter 7 but the lien on the property doesn't go  Unless it is judicially stripped the lien is always valid on the property and you can foreclose if it economically makes sense.

Disney is also about to move in on the east end of the island which will change the economic situation drastically.

We've all seen the empty office buildings and vacant storefronts during economic downturns.  

In layman’s parlance one could say it is a book about timing the market.It follows the Trass Methodology developed by the author of the same name which basically states that the cycle is driven by 16 specific macro-economic indicators (key drivers) and by monitoring the ongoing trends in conjunction with one another, one can successfully predict the markets future movements.

My background is in finance and economics  if I can assist anyone with anything do not hesitate to contact me here at bigger pockets.

from what I have experienced, like anything you get what you pay for, there are 3 factors with contractors, Fast, Reliable, and cheap,  pick 2,  you will go through these guys like water, then find one that seems good, till they flake,  my experience has been, they always want to get paid before the work is done, "to pay their guys" or something, but they rob peter to pay paul, and are always behind a job or 2, the economics generally doesn't work to hire the expensive reliable contractors, so you end up managing the projects,  I have a Painter/drywall guy, a Handyman, and Carpet guy, i do most of the technical stuff because I dont trust anyone to do it right (my personal issue) you can make the numbers work on higher end, properties, or mid/lower if you squeeze your margins. 

When I look at rate chart, I see 18% in 80s to below 4% now and maybe even lower ahead - https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/MORTG I dont want to sound negative but I dont like how the Yellens and Draghis of the world are screwing up the economic cycles with all the money printing manipulation.