Nevada is also frequently mentioned, though some recent tax changes made it a lot more expensive.

I've been a fan of the podcast for about 3 years now, and passively reading the forums.

He has tried fans, sound machines, sleeping in a basement room but the snoring persists!

I actually moved from Dallas to Lubbock and am in both cities frequently, so hopefully we'll cross paths at some point!

For negotiation, I'm a fan of (and one of the authors of) The Book on Negotiating Real Estate...  :-)Available on Amazon.com...

6) Are things like ceiling fans, lights, etc being replaced usually included in a bid price?

Got a 17-Pc brand new kitchen cabinet set for $1600 one time, brand new washer and dryer for $400 another time, ceiling fans as low as $20-30.

Big fan of St.

in real estate that is not rentals, but rather property development such as new construction or frequent flipping.If your goal is to diversify that existing savings into real estate, then a self-directed IRA will be the vehicle to explore. 

The reason is that distress and motivation usually take some stimulus event to occur like lost job, health crises, relocation, etc. and if you're targeting once every 3-4 weeks you're not over-mailing and getting ignored, but you're mailing frequently enough that they remember you and your company.Follow-up is the key.