Get an appraisal or at least a good CMA to determine the current as-is value, then get the property under contract for less than that.

This keeps market price low and for the locals is a determinant to selling to some investor.

How do seasoned wholesalers determine accurate repair costs?

Build long term wealthI have been listening to the BP podcast for about 2 weeks now and picking up a lot and not slowing down!

There is very little effort involved besides picking up a rent check. 

I have had my eye on some upcoming tax auction properties, mostly to watch and learn from the process, but if they go for the right price I may try to bid.Anyway, I am trying to do my due diligence stuff ahead of time both for practice and so I feel comfortable bidding up to a pre-determined limit... but I want to make sure I'm understanding everything right.1) Tax DEEDS - I've been searching a lot on these forums and it seems like there's more about liens than deeds, but in Idaho, it seems they do tax deed auctions. 

Like the previous posts have mentioned, the amenities play a large role in determining the rent price. 

When tenants move in, they pick a 4 digit code to use.

Pick a certain niche you may be interested in and go all out!

Likely the reason why you got this off of a tax deed is that the prior owners determined they couldn't do anything with the land either and quit paying the taxes rather than throwing good money after bad.