I would not waive inspection; and a bidding war on top of that?

I have received numerous applications and several people meet my criteria.

I have seen quite a few in that area worth rehabbing and lost out on a few bidding wars.

So I always urge people to start with the end in mind and take a more passive approach.Directly investing in a turnkey rental or small MFH is a good way to start to learn and build up the war chest to go into my scaleable investments such as private placement syndications.

Every city has its own mix of 'good area' and 'bad area' thing going on to some extent, but the bigger picture needs to be solid firstly.Beyond that, I think you're touching on numerous different things here but my mind would be on getting actual numbers/data. 

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A 5 bedroom SFR that is renting for $690 with a value of around $30K sounds like a war zone.

There is nothing more required.There are numerous options non of which would involve recoating the bathroom.

http://apps.alleghenycounty.us/website/munimap.asp without knowing neighborhood and street its hard to give advice - there are still some “war zones” in the area Looking at the numbers - That capex is low for a percentage.

There are some investors who specialize in these areas, usually called "war zones," but they are used to it and know how to handle tenants and the issues that come with them.