Trying to research as much as i can before bidding on a property.I have access to public recorded documents, such as mortgages on properties, however on properties that have multiple mortgages to the same person on the same house through the same lender, i cant seem to determine which lien holder position is foreclosing (1st mortgage or 2nd mortgage). 

Since the owner(s) are looking to get rid of multiple properties but don't want to pay a huge tax bill, I wanted to bring some creative ideas to the table.  

On today’s show, we interview Chad Carson, author of the new BiggerPockets Publishing book Retire Early With Real Estate.Today Chad shares how he and his partner were able to accumulate 90 units and live purely off the money generated by their portfolio!

I have clients who have flipped multiple properties there as well. 

We like to be able to go in and add real value to our deals to the extent that we can achieve an equity multiple of 1.75 to 2 for our investors.Lots of other details that we look for before investing in a detail but generally speaking that is what a goos deal looks like for me and my company.

Or even a cross collateral / blanket loan across multiple properties with small amount of equity in each.

If you’re serious about rental properties you could take the $400k and buy multiple properties with multiple units in each property and have a significantly greater monthly net income.

Lenders are not always licensed in multiple states.

In 1996 could represent multiple purchases for that amount.

Here's my situation, I live in LA so the housing market is bonkers, a $1.6 mil teardown getting multiple offers the first day on the market is common.