I go to the county website to see where the property lines end and sure enough, the mystery building is on the property.The list of questions-If this mystery building is on the property but not listed in the MLS, would I still be buying it?

One rental house in our city was a murder scene and the DA tied the property up as a crime scene for over 18 months.

There are crimes and drugs, and murder in the town, I am optimistic and speculating that towns like Methuen and Haverhill will develop in the next 10 years much like Somerville and Cambridge did.  

You make sure the property is functioning as it should (first hint is the correct amount of income comes in each month, no mysterious charges, no tenants who secretly moved out, etc.) and if it's not, you make sure the manager is taking proper steps to deal with it.

Which as stated is about as tough to break into as anything in this bizzness since there is no leverage and it requires a boat load of cash.. its not a smoke and mirrors talk some little old lady into selling her house for less than its worth  LOL.. here we simply buy assets at the sheriffs sale no mystery just as I said a lot of leg work and you must have ALOT of cash to make a business out of it.. and I am not talking hundreds of thousands in my mind to make a business if you cant put 5 million in cash into play your not going far.. because other than your mom and pops that's what the other pro's have to work with.

It sounds like a great deal IF...IF the comps are correctIF the rehab numbers are correctIF the property isn't condemnedIF there are not title problemsIF it's a legal duplexIF a triple murder didn't occur recently in the houseIF the city isn't seizing the house as a drughouseIF the largest employer in town isn't getting ready to close their doorsIF the house isn't located next to the city dumpIF the house isn't in the middle of ganglandIf there aren't a million other distressed houses in the area for half the priceI would not buy a property sight unseen.

I could not get it, so I guess my looks will have to be a mystery.

Also, I can't figure out who that mystery "Bank K" is in the chart.

I know of a decent SFH property that has been vacant for 3-4 years.  I'd like to buy it if I can get it for a great price.  I'm a buy & hold investor with 6 SFH rentals.  Here's what I know about the vacant home b...

That is a mystery...