When she moved in under the old owner, she got in saying she had a 3 BR voucher, but then only had a 2 BR voucher, so she pays less rent than anyone else in the building. 

I think that budget is better suited for a 3/1+ SFH where you can get in under 100k and collect rents between 1200-1400/mo with tenant paying all utilities.  

Homes in Tucson typically sell in 90 days or less and in this particular subdivision many homes sell in under 35 or 40 days.  

So.....I know many will remember the crash and the signs that were obvious after the fact.One of the telling signs were overpriced real estate with multiple bid offers, and selling in under a week. 

Just about every owner I spoke to had been inundated with mailers from guys like myself.

Ideally, you will learn the markets you want to focus on, and you will be able to do a rough estimate on whether a place is worth looking at further in under a couple of minutes, and get to whether you want to look at it with an agent in under 5-10 minutes.

Need a couple of bids for before I lock it in under contract.  

I just cannot believe that if we buy a property and went to flip it in under 90 days that it should be this difficult to actually make this happen.

I have heard people who were able to improve there score 100 points in under a year. creditnerds.com. 

I had one that was a full reno and was completed in under 2 months but the next one drug his feet for 5.