Sounds like an interesting idea, but I wonder what would happen if a tenant felt the charges were excessive and sued in small claims court?

Asset protection at your stage of investing might be better served with any homestead exemption allowed in your state as a personal residence.Another issue is that your duplex will be treated as an investment to extent of the business purpose, you will not be able to depreciate that part of the asset used for your personal use and common elements will need to be proportionate to use..

Land Staging-The magic of accessNot providing convenient access to the proposed house site(s) on a parcel of land is like trying to show a house with the door locked.

You have to find out where in the probate stage the property is at.

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Many of the most attractive floorplans and lot locations get offers at the SS stage and often get bid up at auctions while REOs tend to have a higher proportion of the dogs.

Work a job, build credit, etc... .But its really the reading and learning stage that you have to start at.

Thanks ,Adrian Williams Hi Adrian,I do buy tax liens, deeds, purchase land, and find unclaimed money with excess proceeds.

You could really get away with doing nothing, but I'd like to do some light staging and minor repairs.

I am having a little difficulty but am determined to get something under contract again then go visit during the due diligence stage and all going well close on it.