Listed properties are listed on Realtor.com and sometimes 30 to 100 different web sites, the exposure is tremendous, more than you can get by yourself and locally.3. 

Still, holding rental real estate inside of a C Corp does make sense in very limited fact patterns.You might benefit tremendously from adding a tax CPA/EA and an attorney to your list of external partners. 

That alone opens you up to tremendous liability.

Some type of checklist or resource with what to look for would be tremendously helpful.  

A lot of new construction going on.  5 years ago people said I was crazy to buy around the Clinic, well, now trying finding a bad house, tremendous amount of new construction,  again stats and books mean nothing, seeing and doing is what really matters.

I called my local government about a condemned property and the inspector for that area of the city was tremendously helpful.

@Joe Farrance tax sale laws vary tremendously from state to state.

@Jeremy Bridges Tax sale laws vary tremendously from state to state.

Lots of reasons to do this as the benefits are tremendous.

What a tremendous resource, full of generous and knowledgeable people!