And help or suggestions would be appreciated. thanks Have you defined your "Buy Box?"

We know that the term "Buy Box" refers to an investors standard that could give him/her the green light on buying a specific property they might be looking at, if it passes that standard.I believe that I'm lacking in the correct nomenclature and can't find the correct terms to describe this idea or concept that I'm trying to convey.

My first thought would be a P.O. box address (just hate having to check it monthly).

You can buy them at any big box store. 

. - underground oil tanks, septic) that are unseen can pop up in distressed properties a lot. that is sounds advice, I will definitely keep that in my tool box

The easiest and cheapest solution is probably to have a PO box there and us that address for the application and select that you'd like all correspondence to go through the property owner rather than the property manager.   

Purchase price: $197,500 Cash invested: $100,000 5 bedroom, 3 bath "reverse salt box" located in the heart of the White Mountains in Thornton, New Hampshire.

Tenant in CA is also always always more credible.To cut the story short, my buy box is buy in area where DOM < 10 days, avg price > 700k.

Ensure you have your buy box in place, bc you never know if they have any coming available or off market deals.

Same goes with lenders: hop on the phone and figure out who matches your investing strategy the most, the work with them to find out what deals are going to be eligible to their guidelines, and then tweak your buy box with your realtor.