I might try to cut down on the lines I used the first few times to cut down on the cost.

Have all your rehab costs set with your purchase price and you should have enough room to drop your asking price if needed to where it would sell quickly.If there isnt enough room to do this, your cutting yourself too close and dont buy it.

However, there are still lots of things to watch out for. 1st, the debt needs to be 1st position,  so that you are not  potentially edged out of being able to collect. 2nd, it needs to be underwritten at a conservative LTV,  so that there is enough equity cushion in case things go wrong. 3rd, it needs to be in a state that allows nonjudicial foreclosure (which is relatively cheap and only last a few months).

Along the lines of the IRAs...I'm assuming the income limits that are in place which have kept me from being able to contribute to IRAs for the past couple years would make this avenue unavailable to me (unless I can cut my AGI with enough mortgage interest to get below the income thresholds).

I did that several times as I adjust the level up and down, by looking at the tree roots and seeing where I can dig and where I have to cut into the tree roots.

How is a local buyer going to come in and cut through the contract with that he has.

If this building sits at the edge of your land sell off just that piece of land creating a new parcel and dump it.

If you are going to advertise on BP, you have to pay for the privilege.And a thinly veiled "wondering if you would be interested in buying my book" post isn't going to cut it.

It is a lot of work but you get the edge and jump on others finding the deals.

You have to be OK not getting that specific house, but for sure cuts the crap of the counter counter counter madness.