It’s great that you’ve already dipped your toes into tax liens—that alone puts you ahead of a lot of newcomers because it shows you’re willing to take action and learn the legal and financial side of real estate.

Quote from @Molly Schnieber: @James Wilcox in looking ahead we are expecting some severe storms this evening with the possibility of hail of which we won't make the drive in from Cincinnati.  

Doing the work ahead of time avoids scrambling.7.

With your finance and home-building background, you are already ahead of most new investors.

These signals usually show up before a property is listed, so it helps investors get ahead of the competition.Another low-cost method is following local filings and pairing that with outreach.

However, a caveat is that we will accrue these losses across the entire year; they don't exist yet.My understanding is that IRS safe harbor laws could allow us to simply pay 110% of 2025 taxes (or 90% of 2026 taxes, however this will be hard to predict ahead of time).

Quote from @Al Watts: @Jay Hinrichs btw i wish my dad was doing land sales back in the 60's and helping the family get a head start --oh wait he couldn't because he was being sent to the colored folks bathrooms and drinking fountains instead and being denied at the banks... 

You’ll find a lot of support here as you build toward that brighter future.Wishing you all the best on the journey ahead!

Once confident, then go ahead and do a flip yourself. 

That was a fair criticism a few months ago - but not so much anymore, and less by the day.Multi-model reasoning today is lightyears ahead of where it was even 12 months ago.