I agree wholeheartedly and my last search over the past 1.5 years too have not really shown me anything worthwhile.

A property doesn't have to meet the 2% test to be a worthwhile investment.

If I come across something that looks worthwhile, I can still pull from my primary residence.

This seems at first blush worthwhile and would jump start  your investments and retirement.

If I felt I was worth more (I do when it comes to using cash partners who want little to no involvement), I would adjust the split to what I feel is both fair and worthwhile for both.

Those are things that make the house more worthwhile to the type of buyer that is looking for 'character'.

No what I am asking is what would the ideal selling price to make this the 70% or worthwhile for you (if you were in this situation).Prior to buying the house, we put a budget together and crunched #'s and we are ok with the house selling for $39 or $40k - which is realistic for this market and location.We are still up in the air with the house if we are going to sell or rent.

There's a lot of people looking, but if you jump on the REO's  and distressed homes fast and make a reasonable offer, there can be some worthwhile properties.

Other metrics such as IRR, COC, etc can and are used to determine if an investment is worthwhile.

False economy.Things really didn't change much over the years, the do it yourself sellers went through a lot of time, money and effort and what they saved barely made it worth while.