The guy who claims he is the country's biggest wholesaler and has a "community" says in his video from yesterday Dec 31 (search #251 Wholesale Hotline | LIVE Real Estate Investing Q&A if interested in his "technique"  start at 0:39:00 that the most recent transaction he did Was bailing out a guy in foreclosureGuru "bought" the house for $375,000 from the guy in foreclosureSold it back to them for $498,000 with a 6 month buy back option periodSeller had to give him $20,000 for the optionSo, guru will make about $148,000 on the transaction "Never been to the house, never had to lift a finger""No renovation, the guy is still in the house"Is this the kind of thing the new Oregon law is intended to address? 

Not so much ;)So now investors are feeling the weight of dog properties…be it higher interest rates, non paying tenants, property values falling, government intervention (especially in CA), etc.

But, this will be front-end weighted and gradually slow towards the back half of the year.

My goal is to bump up rents and give the property a face lift over the next 18 months.

Given the size of portfolio needed that presses a need for it to be mostly A class assets to mitigate operational weight, so it could push closer to $80m in acquisitions. 

The foundation was already approved, permitted and finaled years ago for a 3400 sf house, and its solid and I won't be building directly on the overhang edge; but rather back away from the edge a few feet to prevent any load issues all the weight will be on the longer sides of the existing footing.

It's an innovative program, but seems like an over-complicated solution rather than just waiting for the moratoriums to be lifted and proceed was foreclosures and evictions.

There are pros and cons but i believe for most properties the cons out weight the pros.  

Brady,When I do my screening for new tenants I would weight the rental history the most.  

And personally I put way more weight on buying the right location as a buy and hold investor than saving some dollars on the front end.