Buy low means the cheapest property on the block and a place which you can forsee or force appreciation on.

May not mean anything to you but I finally bought one in 29206, 2 blocks from where I live.

It is a great location, only blocks from the University of Arizona.

Is it feasible that the previous owner split the property this way as a malicious effort against the foreclosing bank so that the parcel couldn't be sold?

The stepped-up basis is going on the block soon probably.  

Although, I do love the idea of someone who can support my goals and help pave the way rather than adding mental road blocks.

We use Facebook Marketplace usually to rent out rooms in our house, all the sudden after making a listing my marketplace account got blocked.

There are cities where a few block can make a huge difference as far as neighborhood goes. 

So I have a very unusual small business wherein I take out my pianobike (a piano and trike fusion) and busk downtown in Salt Lake City. It's a great time and pretty lucrative, but I ended up buying a home quite far fr...

I think SoCal is pretty awesome personally...we visit pretty often...love hanging in Balboa Park...beautiful scene...nothing quite the driving the 1 up the coast...last time there we drove LA to SF on the 1 and immediately starting looking for local RE.Hope to see the ADU restrictions lighten up soon...that's really the key to starting to bring our housing markets into balance...there really is no such thing as a housing shortage...dwellings exist in every 2-car garage in America...and definitely a win-win if you can build on your own parcel in SoCal.I think at the end of the day it's the barrier to entry...for most guys starting out with $50k in capital, SoCal is not on the list of places to look.Oh, and don't forget about Lake Erie ;) Totally agree that there’s a high barrier to entry, and I’m really glad the state is aggressively blocking local municipalities from preventing ADUs.