There are groups providing TK properties,  and land banks looking for partners in neighborhood redevelopment [as seen in Detroit (from last season's "This Old House" project)]. 

That way if they leave you have room to increase the rents closer to market and can justify TI,attorney, and leasing commission costs.For this post office analyze if it is one of the top spots in town where if vacant lot's of local tenants would want it or is it an old building off to the side where would be very hard to release and at low rent?

So I am currently 17, getting my emt and starting up a party rental business for the weekend. i only have 3k saved up but was wondering how much i should i have to buy my first rental property. I am thinking of gettin...

A totally over-leveraged credit profile (fancy school student loans ain’t cheap!)  

The ones you tend to find are in older areas in town and are usually around 40 years old.

Patience, diligence and good old number-crunching are invaluable when you're putting a large chunk of money on the line.

try an appliance repair person, not an electrician.also if you buy a new appliance through lowes or HD they generally will haul the old one away for free if you ask.

The thing is all B...R process is getting old and I am getting 50+.

So at 23 years old I’ve gotten off to a decent start at this fun and exciting real estate thing.

People in the Dallas area have torn down $4,000,000 - $8,000,000 homes less than six years old to build other homes on the lots.The house in the picture looks like a bulldoze.