One thing to remember is the flipper will have $30k- $40k in financing during flip and closing costs to buy the home then another $25k when they selll so that will play into the numbers that need to be considered. 

Some who are major players doing big stuff.

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Compounding on one another sure that will have a big impact on the market but there are a lot of factors at play.

Furthermore, prospecting pre-foreclosures allows investors to play a pivotal role in helping distressed homeowners.

Long term play would be to either use it as a short term rental or 1031 exchange it after 2+ years.

in the desert units are often on the roofs.. you can only hope the criminal stumbles and falls off the roof and breaks their butt and decides thats not a good play for them..

Now rural counties and can be a little different but like Jonathan says every market basically has their players..

I used dealcheck on a multiunit in the area and played around with it till i could cash flow positive $250/mo.