There are two issues here, eviction by an owner for possession, the other is a claim for past rents, the economic claim can be assigned, but not the issue of possession if ownership changes, IMO. :)

I'd like to economize my workflow to begin finding non listed properties to wholesale, fix-n-flip, lease buy option, etc.Denver's lowest prices are much higher than I am used to, and my wife and I have recently spent most of our liquid cash to begin living debt free.

There are always challenges within real estate be it neighbors, unsavory tenants, or economic setbacks.

My love for Zillow is as a general way of looking at a city quickly, and estimating the economic temperature of it's different neighborhoods and overall market strength.

It is not an in depth study but an overview.You'll look at economic and business cycles, start ups to mature business operations.

Louis has somehow been overlooked even though it looks quite stable demographically and economically, if boringly so.

The main market factors are supply/demand, property tax rates, insurance rates, property values, and other local economic factors.Some others are, what is your risk tolerance?

Whether that makes economic sense is also unknown to us since the varables to assess the idea are not present.

FYI these are the only places listed under $350K in town.Anyway just wanted to give you a feel for the economics if you are just thinking about this and hadn't dug into the numbers yet.

I've taught high school economics for 11 years and labored through a couple of grad school programs, most recently an MS in finance that I'll finish up this year.Outside of being a homeowner (and a partial owner of family land) I am new to real estate investing.