Then, once they narrow their search to properties they are interested in we go out and see only those.

At the very least a state then we could narrow your search down to a city or region within that state.

I know the replacement board will have to be cut, but will that be one or two pieces--in half, or two large pieces and one narrow one?

They have become more and more scrutinized (a few bad apples) by the Boise City Council and so design and implementation has narrowed margins.

Or you are hearing about a concept that worked for a short bit, in a narrow window.

See while you are contemplating what to do, you are missing the big picture again which is even if the rent on one is $600 and there is no tenant then you are stuck paying for that.What you do is go find someone who really needs a place and put them in for $475 and now you have just narrowed down your problem to $125 bucks and anything you have to pay outside of that will be the COST of you BEING GREEDY and a SPECULATOR.Sounds like you bought the properties right or at least the one.

Then I narrowed down the types of property I was interested in and where they were located.

From there, you will narrow down your exact max purchase price.

You're not likely to get dirt, but you'll get an idea how the company works.Otherwise, once you narrow things down, I find it important to visit the office of the management company to see it in action.

(ie too narrow to build anything on, is a drainage ditch, very odd shaped with no buildable are, etc) The county/state doesn't care about what they sell you, they simply want to collect past due taxes.