Have you watched the tv show about Tiny Houses? 

There is video online of the oral argument, for example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Having a handyman or security do nightly patrols around the property lets criminals know the property is actively being watched and to stay away.

I watched this one go from redfin...Hoover, right?

We will be buying low, holding and riding the market back up as prices recover, while watching our monthly cashflow increase as prices increase, as well as the value of our assets appreciate, potentially allowing us to exit for a gain in the future.Yes, things will be choppy for the foreseeable future, perhaps indefinitely but we do not invest with leverage so we can just buy and hold until it makes sense to produce and/or exit.Best,jc 

If you have to hire contractors go watch and ask question.

Just wondering how long it took for you you purchase your first property    For me  it started while flipping channels on dish one night and a guru make a zillion bucks overnight Infomercial was on (I didn't buy the zillionaire program)but I thought couldn't be to hard so I looked  online at property's  on land watch and afew other places .Next day  talked about it with my wife  then drove and checked out property's and had lots of phone conversations  (found that many realtors don't bother to return calls)and many of the FSBO must have gold nuggets and lots of  valuable gems scattered barely under the surface of their lots going by prices.   

Watch some of the how to videos there and that will help you get started.

Thank God because I'm watching deals slip through my fingers on a daily basis. 

@Oisin Milne Watch "Homes under the hammer"!