Plenty of folks here will weigh in on certain markets, but I bet if you're willing to do something like that are share some results you will get more responses but also have a good foundation to start filtering suggestions.

Sorry in advance for the long post/question....The house next to mine burnt down back in 2014 and all that remains is the foundation and the 1/2 acre it sits on. 

Resourceful information will build a great foundation for beginners.

Read some books that will give you a foundational understanding of investing:- What constitutes a good investment?

This house is on a raised foundation. 

I recently spoke with the owner of a property who is very interested in selling. he mentioned that the property has severe foundation problems.

There was some concerns about foundation and we the got an engineers report. 

Sounds like you are doing all the right things to build a foundation for success in the industry.

He suggests looking at the foundation to see if that has shifted, and he added that bracing would fix it regardless.20K is a good number and you should be able to back that up-who is going to argue with a structural engineering report?

When you find a great deal, you are setting a great foundation.