Looks like it was sold on the steps of Multnomah County Sheriffs Office, I'm not sure if the $3500 was accurate or some weird anomaly when listing home sold on the steps.

Then again, this area is an anomaly and can't be used to evaluate any other area.

I shouldn't reveal this secret, but I've actually devised mail campaigns intended to create nixies, merely for the purpose of identifying houses whose owners do not receive mail.Then the mailers job is to quickly and efficiently identify the best way to reach the owner(s) or parties with interests by skip tracing them.The objective, of course, is to find the anomalies.

The 2008 purchase is the anomaly but I knew I was buying near the top.  

He didn’t think it was necessary to case the windows in, and as my wife put it, they looked like “prison windows”.After receiving enough critical feedback to know it wasn’t an anomaly, I confronted him about the shoddy workmanship.

I have benefited so much from the Bigger Pockets Community.Here are the key tasks and costs:Task #1: Complete ground penetrating radar within and around the area of concern, delineate and mark out all underground utility lines and underground anomalies. ..............................$1265 Task #2: Complete 4-6 soil borings with track mounted Geoprobe hydraulic direct push rig, within the areas of concern.

I think you can still get a loan just to cure back taxes in priority position (Texas is an anomaly state as to this possibility).Or, You can use a credit card to pay the taxes. $18,000 @ 18% = $457.08/ mo for (5) years.Use potential rent as your guide for how much property will support in payments.

St Louis County and other areas surrounding the city are also very different markets, so I'd be curious to see the parameters for their data and if St Louis stands out as a bit of an anomaly in that regard.

Anomalies like Cali investors there are not generally buying on cash flow but long term appreciation so in those markets it might be cheaper to rent than buy.

I also invest in Stockton so I'll share some of my numbers to show yours aren't an anomaly and to hopefully answer some of the questions raised about vacancy rate and appreciation.