@Charles Trussell Personal Guarantee Loans, Home Equity Loans, Cash Out Refinance Loans, Credit Card Loans, loans from family members, etc.

I know that if a property goes to a tax sale and is sold, the mortgages are wiped out so the home is purchased ONLY for the amount of taxes due - free and clear.BUT, if you obtain a tax delinquent list from the county, mail a card to the owners stating the situation and that you would like to purchase their property BEFORE it hits the tax sale, do the mortgages get wiped out or are you responsible for any mortgages plus tax lien?

I agree, the crime map can be a little misleading with North Park "red" and most of National City "green", but it does help distinguish areas with high violent crime that really shouldn't have it (war zones) where there is no nightlife or reasonable explanation.

I am in the beginning stages (just setting up website and getting business cards) and I was thinking that leveraging the older marketing of the "We buy ugly houses" might be a good idea.  

I'm working on building a website to drive traffic and generate leads with online advertising and business cards.

Lex Green Don't overthink it, cruise Trulia, Zillow, Redfin (huge overlaps) for properties that appeal to you and ask listing agents for a T12.

Or is she going to get saddled with a bunch of credit cards or loans.I would still run background check to look for convictions etc.

Here it is below.Loan$262,500- $85,000   - My 85,000 would be put into this loan - $113,000 - Father 113,000 would be put into this loan - $12,000   - Father 12,000 would be put into this loan -$26,000    - Father wants to put additional money into this loan from his equity-$26,500    - My 45,000 dollars worth of credit cards would get reduced my $26,500_________________________=$262,500 I will have $18,000 dollars in credit card debt. 

If you really want to see the inside then offer the tenants a $25 gift card to a local lunch spot and ask them to go to lunch on you this Saturday while you do your inspections.

It's like a credit card/bank account where you use the money and only pay interest on the outstanding balance.