Even if you are buying a tax lien and you realize that it is only a TLC there could be a TLC from a prior year that is in front of you or one that is behind you in priority.Do Your Own Research (DYOR) and then consider what the rise is you missed something.I head from a RE attorney of a case where the savvy, experienced investor checked the title personally but did not realize that the state can attach after the sale back taxes that the state paid to the county for the prior owner (over 65 and you can not pay your property taxes as the state will do it for you and then collect when you sell).

WOW I did not realize I was su7ch a trouble maker :groovy: So If I find a property with a cap rate of say 10, I can still get burned on the deal?

People are realizing that brochureware sites are not effective marketing tools, and the ROI is so low no matter how many millions of hits such a site has.

I know I am not a huge investor and have come to realize that for my age I could be doing more.

I am planning on redoing the roof and siding of a building that I just purchased, and want to estimate how much it could potentially increase the appraised value.Hopefully by now you realize that some repairs make no difference in the value but still help get the place sold.

Tenants are polite, call when they say they will, show up for appointments when they say they will, paid application fee with no hesitation - while I realize this isn't really a screening method - judging from how many no shows, rude people and people who balked at application fees, it is a pleasant surprise to deal with someone well, pleasant.

Of course you realize that it's not really worth $170K or it would have sold, but that's beside the point now.

I didn't realize that carrying a balance on revolving credit is one of the biggest things that affected my score.Is this the case even if the balance is under 50% of the credit limit (or even under 30%)?

And yeah - i realize that little flip would be peanuts, but a girls gotta start somewhere.

I realize that investors often feel (and, correctly) that a day of lost rent can never be earned again.