(The only thing that drives me nuts at those properties is litter and trash dumping (mostly by non-tenants)). 

I stopped buying occupied homes at auction years ago just because of this  3 suicide attempts and one successful will kind of dampen your enthusiasm.. not to mention people are nuts these days.. you could go to the door and it could turn physically violent.

It drives me NUTS!  

There are also some excellent opportunities within the areas surrounding Central Sacramento that can be much more fruitful in yielding a stronger return while limiting the upfront investment. 

If you master it at home, maybe you can take your approach remote, but starting remote seems nuts to me.

@John Verduzco - I agree with Leigh; that 2nd position junk is *NUTS* - all 2nd position securities are the first to fail, last to get paid.

The last one has not produce an estimate yet, in a nut shell this is frustrating and need to find someone fast since I am going to settlement October 9 and need to get the project moving.

They'd be nuts to do that.

I've switched to marketing directly to sellers, which has been more fruitful.

The child that lived there wrote on a couple walls so the family room needed repaint, they never opened windows while showering ruining the finish on the cabinets and causing mold problems ruining the bathroom paint.This is an old updated 1940 home with no exhaust fans in the bath or kitchen so common since says  a window needs to be open when showering or cooking nut they were not.I documented everything with pictures and I have a letter from the flooring company stating what they saw.