I live in Phx,az and recently friend of mine sold his bank (ex bank of america) literally as is and profiteed $300k  , he purchased it right out cash last year (I think) and it was in real bad shape in a shady part of town,  before him taking possession of the bank  homeless people where living inside it an using the bathroom anywhere in the building, he put maybe less than $5k in just cleaning it up and just a couple of days sold it.Basically the idea is to find super cheap homes in ****** conditions but the price is so cheap that you could still make profit by selling as is, investing as little as possible..

Now that the 5% down conventional loan program is widely available (since November last year) I generally recommend using that as opposed to FHA because FHA comes with minimum property condition standards, the self-sufficiency test, and it's less attractive to sellers.

Last week she recalled the February month rent saying that she didn't authorized the February rent..

I saw a Landlord in California pay $500,000 last year for a Tenant to leave! 

If they want to stay the last two weeks of March, they need to pay regular spring prices.

I did speak to an attorney and she also stated that Dallas county is tenant friendly similar to Chicago, it's not uncommon for judges to change court dates at last min and give tenants unnecessary leeway. 

I have recently been to Joshua Tree/Yucca Valley/Twentynine Palms area twice in the last two months as I just love it there and am considering buying property to have a second home.

I’m hardly the last word, but you are correct, @Jay Hinrichs and @David C..

So I'm doing some comparables on what sold in the last 3 years in an area we're actually looking to do a new construction.

I was last out there just over a year ago (I usually go every February but missed this year).