If you get a house with tenants, make sure you get the tenant file (drivers license, credit/background, income if available), prorated rent as of closing and the security deposit $$.

Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

Here is what I tell everyone frequently on BP1. ask for comps--and VERIFY them2. if they give an ARV, ask for a WRITTEN bid from a contractor3. ask for their license and insurance (not a driver license as one "wholesaler" proudly stated she has4. ask to see a copy of the contract proving they have an ownership interestI have made quite a few of them mad because I post to help protect people from getting screwed by these operators.

Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

I have been going to Hi for more than 50 years, lived there for a period, and have seen major price fluctuations (up AND down) as a result of the impact of demand drivers.

Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

Any thoughts as to the driver of that growth?

I haven't been able to verify this but apparently, Winston Churchill once said this to his speeding driver when he was late for an important appointment. 

it will have his name and drivers license on there.