don't know there is in many other states.. plus as stated no income tax.Oregon has no sales tax.. and that's cool when your buying high ticket items like a car for instance or a million dollar motor home.. or a 3 million dollar plane.. then it offsets nicely.

I am a bit further away for a drive by (Just about 14 hours on a plane lol) - but would be happy if you can share any info you might dig up.

It all depends on your time frame, but I think if you're planing to hold for 10 plus years you can't go wrong in Denver.

The agent said they've been planing to get a lockbox on the property ASAP, but he wasn't planning to make a special trip down there for this "field trip" of sorts.

I was on a plane and decided to re-read Rich Dad.

I would pay them part of mortgage (still discussing amount), keep some of the rent to pay back my initial investment with interest for fixing up the place (still discussing amount), and......I don't know.It's still in the planing stage, but they're very interested.

I'm planing on using the profit from flips for down payments on buy and hold rentals.

I'm embarrassed to admit I actually hopped on a plane from San Francisco after work one night last month gleeful at the chance to buy a turnkey for 40k that was worth 50-55k (what Clayton talked to me about as the usual scenario)! 

If the tiles themselves are cracked and there is shifting in the vertical plane, then you would be better served to remove the tile first.

Hi @Amiris Brown If this is your first purchase i wouldnt recommend starting out with a big project like that...usually it turns out bigger than what you thought... in any case if you really like that property and it has lots of issues i would suggest send the listing agent a backup contract. these usually fall through and you might be bae to pick it up at a lower price. also fnme- homepath stopped negotiating high price reductions about a year ago.. but they usually have an automated system that reduce the price once a month..also something very important to consider- if your'e planing to buy this property and keep it as a rental- because it has lots of mold you have have to get a remediation certificate that the house has been treated and clean. otherwise the tenants can hold you liable and take you to court if they feel the property  still have mold ,that can be very costly...