Hi,I have been dealing with very distressed properties in my last two rehabs (including dealing with mold all over the house, replacing floors and roofs.If you can post some pictures it might be helpful for everyone to give their opinion and i believe we have some more experts here.if you dont want to post them publicly you can send them to me and i will try to assist.feel free to contact me.Jonathan 

If failure is so common, why is it that I only encounter this fact in my third month of fact finding.

Would like to identify a replacement property or two by then

If there is an illegal in law, the SFH is considered a two unit in San Francisco and rent control applies. 

Hi all and thanks for responding@Chris TanYour suggestions about finding someone in Israel are great, and that is on of my missionsActually I just came back from a friend of mine - American, and he gave me some phone numbers and other contact information of people here that invest in the US, and people in the US that invest in real estate, so it is a good startUntil now I was actually gave up on this idea, and start looking for investment here in my country, although it is expensive (and yes..our low priced areas more expensive than bigger houses in the US) for two reasons:1.

The the last deed recorded for the property has two deceased persons as the grantees. 

I am willing to rent for 6 months or a year as I find the right property to get into, but since I have the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, I would prefer to do that.

But I would say the in order to rent the third unit you would need two exits.  

I've posted two deals that sold within 30 days (so I know they couldn't have been that bad of a deal) but got no response from posting it here.

There's a flipping book or two out there that walk you through repair costs... you can study those.