You are definitely not the odd ball.  

No plans to buy real estate at the moment because I think it's overheated in most markets, especially those I'm familiar with, but if the money did land in my account today, I'd probably invest in a conservative mix of mutual funds, stocks, bonds, etc. with the hopes of at least beating my mortgage rate. 

I use this site for my main job dealing with mineral title and land acquisition for projects.

This is purely an issue of old lien not off the records as someone dropped the ball. 

Whoever was handling the short sale either dropped the ball, or couldn't negotiate a settlement satisfactory to the hoa.

Even land is becoming hard to get at decent prices since the owners have realized what they have.

Is the realtor your best friend’s nephew’s daughter’s mom recommended getting frustrated with your multiple low ball offers?

Hi Friends, I have a query and that is how to put an agreement for flipping a raw land ?

Also if you've ever been to the area you'll notice vast amount of land.

I've been working on learning how to wholesaling just to get the basic in place like learning what the Comps are, how much they rent for, and have been meeting with FSBO property owners to practice(and to land deals) my wholesaling strategies I've been learning and hoping to land my first deal by August 2016.