So lesson learned- now rifi, move on, and next time get an inspection and/or add language in your contract that addresses this type of potential issue.

Knowing the type of property and tenant you’re looking for can narrow your search criteria to certain types neighborhoods.

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what type of lien are you filing ?

Matt, I have a plan for three types of investing.

hey Diego welcome to the forumI think the best advice would be to shadow somebody doing the type of RE investing you want to get into., Maybe offer to help out or work for free on part of the deal to get some experience?

I like the Lowe overhead I have with these types of properties.

There are pro's and con's for both and it is just going to depend on which property type is going to align best with your long-terms goals.

Google Earth down to all the commercial shopping 1-6 block radius, look for boarded up windows, broken windows, Grafitti, types of cars, types of people, trash etc... if you see all of the above.

I think the lack of vehicular access means there’s a whole chunk of the market that is taken out, which would be the wealthier vacation home types that don’t want to deal with getting on and off the island.