Often you can make an appointment to inspect the property prior to the auction.

If you have no prior construction experience I would ask your contractor if you could Observe and help in order to gain knowledge and hands in experience while having a watchful eye checking your work.

The entire system is designed to protect tenants, prior to 96 it was the Tenant Protection Board.

We always had a good relationship with them prior so I didn't think to take photos, but that's great advice Bryan!

Piyush Pathak , not sure if VA has a transfer tax but make sure you check with your CPA or title agent to understand if additional transfer tax will apply.Also, if there is a mortgage on the property, the lender will need to be involved and may call the prior loan.

Before enrolling in school did you have any prior knowledge of the housing market?

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Based on the prior two sentences, I would be cautious about retail priced investing, which is what there is unless you know how to extract a property from an owner w/o market forces at work... meaning buying from a seller who is not ready, willing, or able to sell.

Plus, she also used the bathroom for 3 months herself prior). 

You want to have plenty of time to sell prior to forgoing that!