I drive the greater Jacksonville/Wilmington area for my full time job so I see a good amount of properties. 

Now this is a big macro assumption, but you'd have to believe the underlying growth factors of Boston to be pretty strong for the foreseeable future, and companies will continue to open campuses outside the city, e.g.

From your byline, it sounds like you're living in Woonsocket but any other factors driving you to focus on the area?

If they can get you and someone else in a competition with each other, it can drive the price higher than either of you may normally pay.

BPers, I'm trying to calculate my net cash flow and it occurred to me that in the normal formulas we tend to use, we never factor in the tax write offs.

Account Closed it’s in south dallas. 7850 woodshire Drive. 

It's hard to get anyone to trust you without at least one of theses factors. 

You can find places like that by paying for lists from a place like listsource and doing direct mail or by driving around and knocking on doors.Even if they want higher than you can afford with your $20k you might be able to get into it with owner financing.In any case, just start doing these things.

Plus it's still only a 30-ish minute drive to Phoenix airport. 

Here's a few from me:1- Code Enforcement: Houses with lots of violation tend to have motivated sellers.2- Driving For Dollars: Driving the block seeing what has uncut lawns and a deferred maintenance.QUESTION: If it's vacant, how do you guys contact the owners?