You can also invest in precious metals, private businesses, etc. etc. etc.

@CJ EdenfieldBP is a treasure chest full of useful resources.

I did a pre-auction bid for $44k total and Fannie Mae accepted.I thought this was a good cash flowing property at $69k but I could not finance it due to a zoning issue (zoned industrial but it's a house with a metal building on the property).

Hi Justin, you've found the treasure at the end of the rainbow look no further.

I was concerned at first, so I took one of them, put a kleenex inside and pushed it all the way into the metal heating elements. 

Anyways, in rough areas we always put metal cages around them now.

So I have met all kinds of people and have lived through many downturns in this country and the economic downturns have not really effected this part of the country.  

@Samantha Miller interesting, if I replaced the studs the only original thing is the metal trailer underneath that it sits on.

Here is the link to the properties being offered. http://www.clark.wa.gov/treasurer/Foreclosures/For...Thanks

Asking $ 850,000 Final offer excepted $650,000 Build in 2009 , all stucco , and glass front ,no metal .