Make sure the property's condition aligns with what you're comfortable with.Market Trends: Keep an eye on the real estate market trends, just like you'd follow fashion trends for shoes.

People moving out to French Valley go there for lower prices, so as long as you keep the rental rate down, you should be able to secure tenants in a timely fashion.

So with lots of cash I would, if you can I have never heard of what I am about to say, I just thought it up, you buy with cash your properties, then you sell owner finance at a little higher interest rate than that of good credit borrowers bank will lend to people that can't get a loan the old fashion way but can afford to buy a home.

You can ask other investors who sell homes retail (in the same fashion you are rehabbing too).  

Is anyone doing old fashioned direct mail?

If you have old fashioned windows you can fix them easily with new rope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

"Integrity pays".I go after my 'mom and pop' vendors who, for whatever reason, haven't billed me in a timely fashion.

Also, I've looked into the Quandl API but have found the documentation to be terribly out of date making it very difficult to use in an automated fashion. 

Cash is king, but I would not buy any property I didn't believe would appreciate in some fashion.

You'll want to confirm with the current loan servicer that they will allow the loan to be assumed in this fashion (adding a second mortgage at the closing table).2.