I've been to two events and have already met and connected with a handful of people. 

The legal postings help drive home the point that you are serious and ready to exert your rights to the fullest extent of the law.

A potential concern of renting to military as that we are able to legally break a lease if put o military orders (I.e. change of assignment or deployment).

If the house is in one person's name, then it's their property and you'd have no legal rights to it.

On the other hand, I could have sat and complained that I didn't have enough capital to continue to grow my portfolio and only dreamed about the next steps (i.e., that would be 'interested').

The Bronx times posts all the legal notices.

On the other hand if I go to google, type in "Biggerpocket estoppel", it'll give you pages of it, with search suggestions on the bottom of the page,  with even more results, search terms related to "Biggerpocket estoppel".

On the other hand, I could have sat and complained that I didn't have enough capital to continue to grow my portfolio and only dreamed about the next steps (i.e., that would be 'interested').

If you do partner, spend a bit of money on a real estate attorney as you want a good legally binding agreement.

For judicial tax sales, they also need to start a legal action.