A look into Austin MSA related to real estate before & after the COVID-19 pandemic, and into the future.I wrote a similar paper almost a year ago today, good cross reference for this read.Leading up to and continuing through the “Stay at Home” order, which went into effect Tuesday, March 24th — the sellers market went from red hot to, “what do we do next.”Investment buyers across the board repositioned themselves — with iBuyers like Zillow and OpenDoor stopping purchasing completely, large funds lowered buy price requirements by up to 10%, and local investors were waiting for the dust to settle for the most part.A 10% drop in buy price standards is substantial and a direct reflection of how low demand was in mid-March through April.Speaking from a realtors perspective, throughout all of this and despite realtors being deemed essential, the COVID-19 etiquette/standards took some time to develop.Every governing body related to real estate was looking into and implementing best standards and practices for real estate related job functions.As a result, listing activity was down immediately — April saw a drop of 21.6% in number of sales year-over-year, while May saw the biggest dip in year-over-year sales at 29.2%.

Odds of banks and lenders come out and say "No mortgage payments until May 1st" or something to that effect? 

Trees on the other hand do absorb UV really effectively and that is why a solar company will look at tree cover.

Unless whoever you invested with made some sort of materially false or misleading statements, engaged in gross mismanagement or some sort of fraud, could be tough and probably wouldn't make much of a difference in a bankruptcy filing.Returns are generally not guaranteed and many firms did go bankrupt due to the wide reaching effects of COVID.

Unless it was a very minor fire, confined primarily to a stove top area or similar, I would advise the tenant it is not habitable and they will need to relocate within a specific time frame per local law, and that rent effectively stopped the day of the fire.

So when we're moving into this new area, I'd like to eventually break into new builds, and in order to do that effectively from the start, I'm planning to sub out quite a bit of the work.So, my question is: How can you tell you've found a quality sub?

I wouldn't try it first.My bet it that it can probably be resolved by addressing rainwater and more effectively getting it away from the house.

My main question is  the marketing aspect of it, what is the most effective way of getting motivated sellers?  

Terry,You say Bandit Signs and Craigslist was your most effective way to advertise?

Any superior liens (which are liens that have been filed with the county clerk at a date before the lien being foreclosed on was filed are not extinguished, in other words they are still in effect.