As someone else said ask about options of moving in a family member for a year or major rehab.

These are things you can see on the front end before you even see the property in person.Red flags that you could discover later once involved in a transaction include difficult tenants and major issues with the property.I wish I had known to start sooner!

You also have two major holidays coming in the US (Thanksgiving and Christmas and construction will slow down as people take time off).

to be honest there are some lenders that do it but it falls out the majority of the time 

For investors, this means the opportunity to acquire properties at lower entry points compared to other major tech hubs like Austin or San Francisco.

You may be shocked to find just how NOT all that "up north" we are in comparison to other major cities/markets that are even further up north.

We had a major blow when last year mold was brought to our attention , that as a 20,000 remediation that had to be dealt immediately.

However, what I have found is that the majority of students do not stay beyond the 1 year, so when you go to the FB group with a question, it can take a long time to get an answer, and most of the others answering are newbies who are just getting started and don't have experience.

This is a major reasons bay area investors look in the midwest in faster growing cities. 

@Greg GarzaOver the past three years, I’ve been using most of the major off-market techniques.One standout method has always been pulling data and feeding it into a call center to generate off-market leads.