DC and PG county require a crew of people for an eviction and size of crew based on size of house.

See Pub 527 pg 15 bottom right.This could actually cause you to have a gain on for tax purposes even though you would have a loss during the entire time you own it. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p527.pdfhttps://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p523.pdf

PG county, college park area has houses in that price range.

Even during the housing collapse where we saw 25% drops in Montgomery County, 50% drops in PG County...certain neighborhoods in DC did not go down at all and continued to rise.

Bk/PG 7336/2502 is $490.76 so not too bad...the bigger concern is the code enforcement liens 7540/887 which is not showing as satisfied for $50.00 a day...since October 15th, 2015.  

I assume this means Section A "Origination Charges" on pg 2 of the LE would be $0.00.

Schaub and I came across a nugget on pg 30, about actually knocking on the owner's door.

Get the facts....Form:````````````````````````````````PROPERTY INFORMATION WORKSHEETAddress __________________________________________Date _________Location / Cross Street _______________________________Map Pg# _____Seller _______________________Ph# ____________Alt.

Why is it so hard to find mentors in the PG County ,  Baltimore MD area? 

I don't think you have to use specific contractors to complete the work, you only have to use a 203k consultant - pg. 386/1009 There is no specific time frame that repairs must be completed in a 203k loan.