It is getting very difficult to find anything decent round here for less than $200000.  

If you are intending to rent are you planning a seasonal rental or year round?  

Pre qual potential buyers before you drive 4 hours round trip to show a property to someone who says "I'm not planning on buying for 2-3 years. 

Usually those bids are looked at each business day after the bidding round closes.

Here's a real world example with rounded numbers for simplicity.

We have our rental criteria as the first page of the applications, so that people who don't qualify often screen themselves out.You can't look at what type of family structure they have, but you can look at occupancy standards (total people), how long they have lived at addresses, how long they have lived in your community, intention to stay can probably be a question on the application, rental history, indications of fussiness or drama from interactions and social media, and of course the other things you would normally verify and screen for - income, criminal, credit, rental history.Decide what you want, write it down, and keep it consistent for each round of vacancies, adjusting it for the next round if needed.Good luck!

Certain areas have shown steady year round occupancy with tourists.  

Only base is looked at which leaves out (rounded numbers) $11,000 as of 7/17/15 and at Year end will end up being about double this. 

All year round there would be a line outside 31st street for a soup kitchen.

Since it's much easier to keep a Hawaii condo full year round, that's where we put our money.