Now taht real estate has gone back to the good ole days of not being an appreciation machine and a good investor needs sound fundamentals in managing and overseeing the properties - now you are given the wave of "creative finance" which comes off as its easy to get a home but it will be interesting to see how these people are fairing in a few years of mismanagement of these assets. 

It is fairly well known... 

And for them rasing capital on SM BP facebook whatever has been fairly easy compared to others who dont have a big SM or BP presence. 

Always gonna be a whole bunch of cheap old houses with a whole bunch of people on Section 8 ready to rent them.

You can identify good cash flow opportunities on a fairly large scale. 

Look at Homes.com or Realtor.com to get an idea what that type of property is selling for (look at the ones Pending or Under Contract)...or, look in the county's GIS system to see what similar properties sold for.Once you have an idea what a fair market value would be, let the landlord (if they're interested in selling) mention their price. 

I enjoy tenants turnover ever few years for the reason fair market rents tend to increase significantly year over year. 

What rentals are not subject to fair housing law?

Those policies that weren’t forced on the plan of last resort, the state run California ‘Fair’ Plan are significantly underinsured.

I continue to wonder why Fair Housing has a provision for ESA which are not trained, certified service animals.