Then make sure that your offer is contingent on a physical inspection prior to closing to firm up those numbers.

@Fay Chen  To make it all work the way you have it setup you need to physically live there.

However, in some counties (like mine) that aren't exactly high-tech, you still have to physically go into the office to do the search.

If the answer doesn't include physical improvements, you likely will have a hard time.

That is the effective date and time of filing, not the physical date the recorder enters the documents to books and pages.

Learn the physical parts of buildings, generally, you don't need to become an engineer, but at least know what a jack stud is or a header or top plate.No building is perfect, something generally needs to be repaired or improved.

Driving all over the place can wear on you mentally, physically, and financially.I would focus on neighborhoods with good access to local amenities and transportation.

Using a compound interest calculator I have found that taking $50k every year out of my surplus money from real estate earnings (after it gets to that point; around year 7) and putting it in the stock market (at 8.5% return), after 15 years it's now up to $1.5M.So at this point, after 20 years:1) I would have my original investment in the physical real estate (if not more due to property values increasing) (original investment total of $1,200,00)2) Yearly cashflow on those properties (adding ~$10k per year in cashflow with the adding properties.

Not only I would demand from the seller to make sure the sunset occurs exactly where it is in the photo, but I will also demand to physically remove all the properties located above the subject property that were not in the photo ...

THANK YOU for the 'gentle' slap therapy to just 'let it go'.