The property was very clean, but extremely outdated except for the roof.

Might as well do MF/apartments and clean up the mess that is less expensive.Ok - where am I wrong?

It also becomes very difficult to get clean title until the full redemption period is up.

I have been doing a very slow crawl (while I clean up past financial mistakes & save cash for future successes) to get into the investment side, but have been working to gather some priceless experience along the way.We purchased our first home in 2005 and that became our very first rental in 2009!

This will give prospective tenants a clean slate with which they can re-imagine the space on a tour.Best of luck!

The market rental rate for the units (after repair) is 625/mo, this coming from another building across the street with equal sized, clean, painted, with newer cabinets   The tax assessed value is 72000.Unsure of repairs needed yet but if I guestimate 12/sf i'm looking at about 25000 (I'll verify this before bidding)Comparable sales do not reflect much due to the number of sfh surrounding the property.  

I tested it by inputting the name of a person who had multiple hits on Padzilla and they came back clean on Rentec Direct!   

I'm sure they are, and like the police they are necessary to keep a clean and usable environment like you mentioned.

Eugene and Bend have great AirBNB market potential but I worry about cleaning/turnover services being reliable and they are too far for me to drive to on a whim.

I'm under contract on a fully occupied three unit right now and it's a condition of the contract that we aren't closing until the unit I will occupy is vacant and broom clean.