Some other cities are highly troubled due to corruption or long rooted issues (Waterbury), and some of those are further along to improving (Bridgeport).  

One of the upsides I am finding is that those vacant parcels sometimes have mobile homes on them, but they will appear as vacant land in the tax sale because the home hasn't been tied to the property.

Hi Nehemias,Up until a few hours ago I was all excited about partials, as my perception of them was shaped by the wow factor, that this is a great method of investing in notes for those like you & me who have little capital.However after reading this excellent thought provoking & pre-warning article by veteran note investor Lorelei Stevens, has prompted to have a  very serious rethink.If anyone reading this has addressed all the issues in the above article?

I'm keeping the rental income liquid as emergency money until I get to a certain level, then I'll transfer it to investments - and I have some easily accessible cash to manage any big issues that come up with the property.My question is - I plan to buy two more similar duplexes next year and repeat the same process.

How do I work around this issue?

Issue is Electric vs gas :(  utils will be expensive and you need to address that at lease orally with the prospect.

I can refer you to my investing group's financial experts (accounting firm / law practice), if you like.Where the issue may be getting confused is that the interest on financing is an operating expense for income property, but the principal portion is booked under debt service, as I understand it.

Pause your campaigns, or limit to call-only (mobile). 

Having same issue looking for attorneys that do assignments. this is so frustrating because i have learned to generate leads ez enough but even if i get property under contract i still have half a deal because i cant seem to locate key people to consumate deals so i can complete transactions.

I would check with your plan provider/plan administrator on this issue to be sure.