Example has 25 out of 30 units been there for the past 2 years and paying on time OR did this owner slam tenants in with deals to fill the place up fast and try to sell off a dog of a property to an unsuspecting or inexperienced buyer?

I do minor repairs and clean ups for property managers in my area and the bill can add up fast.

I am actually looking at the property off of mills today at 1:00pm.

I learned a lot from those meetings, but I was scared off by the fast-and-loose practices.

We took on too much water too fast for a sump pump to get rid of it. 

I actually bought my primary residence in L.A back in 2010 on realtybid and got a good deal on it..but have since sold it.. but that was when the market was totally different than today of course. 

I spent about an hour today poking around Polk County tax assessor and other websites, and managed to locate this property but I couldn't find any specific numbers for taxes/tax history on the properties.

real estate is anything but no work  yes limited to no physical work but to be able to live off of your investments takes time and frankly more seed capital. but the biggest bang for your buck with 100k is going to be using it as a downpayment and do fix and flip... but you need to be very cautious.depending on your market this could be one or two flips that would make 20 to 30k each and you could do two a year.not sure if 40 to 60k a year income would do it for you.. some it will some it wont.. rentals NO way no how not in todays markets..at least to start.you could do the BRRR pay cash and refi.. but yoiu need a job and great income to refi.. ?

Many of them are thriving today.

Though, depending on your interest rate and how fast it could be paid back, could get pricy.I've never done a HM loan, but I'd be surprised if they are even available for only a $10K loan.