@Mary Kang It's not quite as cut and dried as what name is on the deed.  

From what I can see in the pictures, it needs some landscaping work to create some curbside appeal (some bushes and dead grass areas fixed), the basement needs to be finished (completely dry-walled, needs paint/flooring/trim), upstairs needs paint/carpet (mostly good condition, just old/dirty/strange colors).

The midwest has great opportunities.I know some local investors in Columbus and Cleveland, they're starting to complain about the good deals drying up, and the prices getting higher.

As most of us well aware,  the supply for deal is getting dry and a lot of competition compare to 2-3 years ago.  

I know it depends on the individual, but the material that is covered is interesting at times, but can be very dry material and can be hard to grasp the understanding of it if not getting it from different people with different points of view.

Its just no fun making $5k+ payments on houses...I had the city shut me down for 8 months over a dried up stream because I had supposedly encroached on a waterway on an $800k one. 

Hi Kevin Don't laugh but the way I started was by doing a couple of 'dry runs' I made sure that with my contract I was able to back out at anytime.

That extra paint tends to be "more" dry already.

In addition, as short term flips dry up, and as demand dictates, private lenders do exist, looking to lock-in relatively longer-term buy and hold loans, even at lower interest rates.

The size of the waterway is often irrelevant since rivers and streams dry up and become navigable in other seasons.