Make sure they have your best interests at heart and not just their.  

Hi @Joe StaffordInvesting in courthouse steps auctions is definitely not for the faint of heart.  

If an older woman died of a heart attack, buyers can easily over look this.

If I were in your shoes, I might do another investment first, show that it truly works,  and there might be a change of heart down the road.

I personally have either rented houses and apartments in low income areas preferably to Sec.8 voucher tenants or owner financed them with Contracts for Deeds (the tenant/buyer has more interest at heart, since he is more of an homeowner than a tenant.)Yes, you could put a blind ad like what you stated to see what kind of feedback you get first.Good luck!

I refused to work with anyone, and I’m a buy and hold guy at heart, so I would look at every property through that narrow lens.

Marco you make absolute sense and I suppose in my heart I probably knew this was risky for my first venture.

It's unfortunate that some people see only bleeding hearts when there's a much more valuable lesson to be learned.Tom Goans did something much more profound that relieving someone of 2 months of debt each year (a great thing on its own!).

It's not for newbies or the faint of heart. 

I know the SFV very very well and know most of the areas by heart on price points.