Bearish would imply we are counting on the market to go down in some sense.

But as Dion implied, a good deal should slap you in the face and make your jaw drop, a good indicator if you're alone!

Non citizens does not imply illegals.

The fact that it would have negative cash flow if rented implies that it is initially cheaper to rent than to buy. 

'Absentee owner' doesn't always imply motivated seller.

I don't have any experience with other trainers approach so I can't comment on their courses apart from NoteSchools' helpful and informative 5-part series on Note Investing. 

Build something now (for $6 an hour, we can help), or, as my workout trainer once said; "do something with somebody". 

Not sure how that $650k value hunts in your geography but that implies s pretty low cap rate somewhere in the 6ish range.

Politicians have started to imply that everyone needs a university education, inflating the demand and further inflating the cost.I'm grateful for alternate forms of education disrupting the traditional university path.

I have been lucky to never lose a days rent in the process, so I have avoided court over that issue.As far as tenants being thrown out, I never meant to imply that you personally threw anyone out or were planning to do that.