As part of my search for houses under 30k, I went into about 20 different abandoned homes in the Baltimore, MD area. It wasn’t always the best neighborhoods, and rarely was it ever bad for me to refuse to enter at all. I didn’t have fire power, so I used a very good flashlight and my pepper spray.

You can never really take all risk out of the equation, but if you take a partner, and practice following your instincts on whether you want to go into that property or not, it does not have to be the most harrowing experience. If you drive up and your really uncomfortable getting out of you car, trust your gut and just go to the next property. There are so many out there, don’t waste your time on the truly lost causes. And remember, the more people you bring the merrier!

4 Comments

  1. yaboyprime614-
    March 8, 2014 at 9:55 pm

    do you happen to have any info on RTO’s vs buying and just paying a
    mortgage

  2. Nick Z-
    May 15, 2014 at 1:41 pm

    Your real estate agent really sounds like a chicken shit. I also think
    that is very unprofessional that he waits outside and won’t walk through
    the house with you. I bet that same realtor won’t hesitate to collect the
    commission from the bank on that boarded up house. Shameful!

  3. TheKhaosripit-
    June 13, 2014 at 11:18 pm

    Finally somebody talking about what I’ve been trying to do all this time
    and someone explaining the best way to do it please if you can do more
    videos like this because you are really helping me and do you have section
    8 housing and your portfolio if I spelled that correctly

  4. Alan Solingen-
    July 25, 2014 at 1:20 am

    Good info! Just as a side note..my day job is in gunsmithing..curious what
    your gun is xD