That said, I used to work as a real estate lobbyist -- one thing I've learned over my years, is that building departments often make up rules along the way and often are inconsistent in their rules (one inspector says this, another says that) -- if something sounds absurd, politely let them know you want to better understand the policy, and ask them to point out where its been adopted by the village board/city council -- sometimes you'll discover that the building department staff just made up the rule without any authority to do so.

Any horror stories about buying properties at auction and discovering liens on the property after the fact?

It's covered over with other siding, I just discovered it while doing some renovation to the property.

I am a new agent for (three weeks) I’ve done a lot of studying but just need a few solid tips.Thanks in advance

The way I do market studies, ***deleted web link*****there is more than enough clients here.Key thing I am doing, is to make sure I have everything, I can control covered:a.

I was constantly studying.

When I started in the REI world almost 20 years ago, I studied educational info from Equity Trust Co and learned a lot. 

You need to take a step back and study where population and job growth is occurring.

I found the Real Estate Rookie podcast 2 weeks ago and it lead to me being here and studying on BRRRR and other strategies.

Real estate has been a huge blessing for my family and so if you've been thinking about it or tinkering with it...my advice is to get more serious, learn as much as possible (there are a million RE podcasts) and discover the niche that gets you excited and then go out and do it!