It's great if you can afford it, but "while I still have enough cash" is a worrisome phrase (and may suggest that your capital isn't quite sufficient for independent flipping, at least not yet). 

Jerry, the phrase 'be careful what you wish for' comes to mind.

All I have been able to discern, is the fact that real property exists in the estate but at least in the ones I've looked at, I've found no specific property addresses; only phrases like "all my real estate, I leave to so and so..."

Do you just print your name/telephone number and some catchy phrase like 'I buy your home' and stick them all around the city?

It's like the phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

So watch the trend. Is

So I think #3 is not unrealistic in our market.I should re-phrase my question: Ignore option 1, because obviously we will request this.

I highly recommend investing in Baltimore.Everybody uses "Baltimore changes block by block" phrase which is true but it doesn't describe everywhere in Baltimore city.If you are a Californian,want to invest in Baltimore and spend half or quarter of what you pay in California, you can end up finding houses in very decent neighborhoods, minimal crime, decent renters etc...However, investor who pays 2 million dollars for a dublex in California, New York or even DC, tries to find a house for 50k in Baltimore, yea then it changes block by block because it is only 50k.

The one thing that comes to mind and is common with that trend is Power of Attorney was typically given to a child.

I recommend Sacramento far and above all other options for several reasons, here they are and the links to the data backing up the claims:Sacramento is projected by Realtor.com to be the #4 Hottest Metro Market in the Nation, with a projected appreciation this year or 7.2% and sales growth of 4.9%Sacramento is going lead the nation in rental growth in 2017 with a 10% year-on-year increase, and an 8.5% increase in 2018And that's all because Millennials are moving to Sacramento in droves for a better quality of life, and that trend is projected to continue for the next 5 years.