As a result, the smart REI investors are looking for B-minus or C-on-the-borders-of-B areas.Fountain Square is the neighborhood where a lot of REI's [including ME] are trying to find properties - thanks in large part to HGTV's "Good Bones". 

It's not too much of a stretch to think this will increase the demand for housing just south of the border. 

Well, he died and his kids have the property, and they are having an auction house auction everything off - the house with some land, another chunk of land separate from the house (which borders my house), personal property, etc. 

Im familiar with some areas as Im just over the border in MN.

I may be displaying my ignorance here, but is there a way to BRRRR a note much like people do with physical real estate?

Always have a vision board prominently displayed everywhere (wall in office, phone, computer background)8.

I've even looked up properties on my local tax assessor's website to find homes with different mailing addresses to get a feel for (what I believe) I would be doing on the daily to find deals.Today, I was driving around my area and found a house that looked vacant and abandoned; tall grass, bordered up windows..

Loma Ocean Beach border.

@Ivan Dushchenko I live in Southwick, MA, which is right on the border of Connecticut. 

The Virginia side of the border that is essentially a no go, while DC and Montgomery County both allow it with certain conditions.