If you don’t have a reliable contractor in place now, spend your time/energy finding one.

The result has been a painful resale process that has cost him a lot of time, energy and money.Daily property search (daily grind):Foreclosure Auction Site 1: nothing in our marketsForeclosure Auction Site 2: nothing in our marketsMLS Search: nothing meeting criteriaShort sale search: nothing meeting criteriaOnline Auction Site 1: nothing meeting criteriaOnline Auction Site 2: nothing meeting criteriaWhat is the charge for the plaster work on active project 1?

While an IRA account holder can administer their IRA and place capital to work, that much personal energy on the marketing and deal making side could cross a threshold of providing services/benefit to the IRA.

I just purchased a SFH in Warrendale, and one block could have a ton of burned out houses and the next be totally fine.

(If no one is paying taxes on a property because it burned down, the lack of a structure, or a severely damaged one, would have a big effect on how much one would pay for a note on that property.)

I am looking to give my time and energy to someone and learn at the same time.

Whoever is willing to burn the bridge will probably squeak out an extra few thousand dollars, once.

I’ve been burning through books for about a month and a half but I always learn better by doing, so I’m getting in the game.

I hate chimneys as a HUGE energy drain.  

I've noticed that I do take on too much and get burned out quickly.