And the company told me their electricity can be shut off at any time.

His parents mostly socialized with people from the same country who went to the same church.

Properties in good condition that are priced right are going to sell quicklyThe one caveat with a HUD home as there can be a small issue such as a faulty shut off valve that will prevent a buyer from activating the water and prevent an owner occupant from obtaining an FHA,VA,FNMA loan and thereby drastically decreasing the pool of buyers and thereby creating opportunities for investors. 

I guess shutting down a city block to get equipment in to drop the tree safely without damaging the other houses and power lines was the issue.  

A lady at my church, most of her family does something with real estate so I'll have to take one of them out to lunch and pick their brain since I have an idea of what to ask

We have lakes, parks, theater, great restaurants, great churches, a lot of community.  

Just to put this in context for folks not from the Bay Area that might be reading this, here's what we face in the Bay Area:- REO "specialist" realtors nailing access panels shut, and telling buyers that their inspector can't go in there until after inspection contingency is removed.- Sellers hiding that the 4th bedroom in a 1923 home has no foundation at all.- Sellers failing to disclose clearly visible earthquake damage that has been in place since 1989, but that a Common Joe might not notice, so they are only going accept offers with no inspection contingency, even if it's an offer for $30k less than the other offer with a 6 day inspection contingency.- REO "specialist" realtors opening pre-escrow with multiple title companies, looking at the prelims, and using whichever title company screwed up and didn't notice the clouded title.

Take each property address or MLS number provided from her spreadsheet and look up the Falls Church MLS (or Realtor.com) on your computer.

The posts were reported but it took 18 hours for their moderators to shut the thread down, and then new threads were started with the reposting of my personal information all weekend.  

Read Brandon Turner's story about finding his first apt building just because he was sharing about his business at church.