It turns out the property management lady I am using for property #1 has managed many rehabs for previous investors for a fee.

Eddie:So, apparently we need to talk to an investor in their 60s or 70s who was investing during the double digit interest rate 1970s and find out if they had due on sale clauses then and if they were enforced when rates rose.

Also this time of year you get to stand in line behind the old lady that is buying christmas toys and whatever junk they sell now with a handfull of coupons and a no clue. :) I wish they had a contractor only desk for professionals that are on the clock.

Look up the MA statute on tax liens before you do anything.Don't try to skip the attorney, you don't want to end up the bad guy foreclosing on the little old lady, and be on the front page of the Globe.

Two unrelated ladies had 1/2 interests in basically 7 adjoining properties/dwellings along a river and one refused to sell.

But, after that, know when it's time to harvest and use some of that wealth, and know what kind of investor you are and portfolio you need to actually achieve the lifestyle you set out to create in the first place - one likely where working is optional and you feel you have earmarked dollars being generated and usable from your portfolio to spend on your lifestyle.. need to stop and smell the roses along the way, not a month goes by that my wife and I have someone we went to high school with or other close friend pass away.

I know this doesn't sound that important but for a 68 year old lady who is not well walking over a mile to and from the store to get a money order because I paid a duplicate payment.

I know a lady who has done ten like this.

Even during the worst downturn in 2008, while home prices plummeted , rents stayed about the same and eventually rose so I was able to hold onto that property without issues. 

Tells them the address, what day to take out the trash, wifi password, and what places to avoid in order to prevent being beaten up, ripped off or arrested.Accounting: My cleaning lady does that for free.