Avoid negativity, man. 

On the negative side you will need to show how you will use the property to generate sufficient income.

As we can see the average retail investor is still quite negative.

Negatives of this purchase: home does not cash flow or break even if I decide to move out of the top portion.

Keep in mind that many of these cheap homes are selling for less than a third of their insurance replacement value, which really means that the land has negative value - let that sink in.Most buyers who can actually qualify for a mortgage will get a PA for $200-300k and desperately want to upgrade their life.

It depends upon how negative you think you're gonna go.I wish you luck.  

However, this introduces a level of risk to the equation because now, as has been mentioned, instead of going to $0, you could end up negative big time! 

While I don't have years of experience to draw on for how the real estate market behaves around elections, I believe it's like most aspects of investing—unpredictable.

There are many aspects of the properties and neighborhoods that those of us on the ground can explain but it does not compare to the insight from seeing them in person. 

Any insight, positive or negative, would be immensely helpful.