I ended up making a grand total of $277.30.However small this profit is, it's still a profit and I learned how to work through the foreclosure process in PA.What I would have different:1) Paid less for the note.

Been traveling.I do not feel this is some grand conspiracy. 

Let me show you a pretty reliable way to do this:Start with your 1000, go buy a pickup truck that does not run but has a good tranny, body  ( I say pickup because a LOT of folks that work need trucks...market is decent) Comp your area and find a medium average number of 4 grand for this truck WHEN IT RUNS. get it fixed for say 1-2k now you have up to 3k into it. but it sells for 4000, you now have 2000 to do things with right?

What a grand way to start 2016. 

The markets I heard most about was Memphis and Little Rock (obviously b/c I was invited to present and those are the markets I represent), Columbus, Ohio, Chicago, IL and Indianapolis, Indiana and some guy doing land contracts in Grand Rapids, MI that I could not figure out.  

My great grand father left it to his 8 children in 1926.  

I just looked it up and the past owners (the one that redeemed) gave him the property under a QCD for no monies and at the end of it it says from Grandfather to grand son.

You may consider investing long-term buy and hold in Dallas or other surrounding counties like Mesquite, Grand Prairie, or Garland where there are older homes that are more reasonably priced.

If you really want to sell, take a much smaller profit and move on to a better situated property for you and your family.Even if you win and force the HVAC guy to utilize another driveway, you're going to resent having to live next to the company that ruined your grand plan. 

Wise folks say a good next step is to introduce myself here, so here I am, and here is a bit about me and my grand plans