Yep, it's more difficult. I

If the former I would guess there are legal difficulties or else they would be rented in a hot market like Seattle.

I am also having some difficulty conveying to my developer what I need to put into my buyer and sellers websites, any suggestions?

@Ryan Coburn I'm having a bit of difficulty imagining your situation.

Then my other lower income tenants, doing an online application was too difficult, I got more success having paper applications for them to fill out at an open house and give me a money order for the screening.One other thought is the price might be to high for the C+ area. 

To hear them talk about the difficulties of finding loans over the years and also accepting rates that today a lot of new investors would not even think about doing.

And even though there is a one year period in which the validity of the tax sale can be challenged and in which you may have difficulty obtaining title insurance, there is a company called Tax Title Services here in California that can help you obtain it quicker.Anyway, congrats on getting the property and best of luck in whatever you choose to do with it.

She has difficulty giving interviews and keeping her foot out of her mouth.

The reason is people want to live here which creates demand plus there are barriers to entry with the urban growth boundary.Investments purchased many years ago have paid off handsomely for long-term investors.Might be a little careful on the west-side higher end apartments; personally experiencing difficulty renting in the $1400-1500 range as there are many new apartments coming online.

Assume all options net at least 50k.1:Rehab - 100kSell house and both lots together - 300kGross 200k less purchase priceTimeframe - 1 year Risks - Over budget reno (house is in pretty poor shape)2:Demolish existing house - 20kSell lots individually @ 90k each - 180kGross 160k less purchase priceTimeframe - 6 monthsRisks - Difficulty selling vacant land (note - lot 3 doors down sold 6 months ago for 125k)3:Demolish existing house - 20kBuild spec on both lots @ 175k each - $350kSell individually @ 300k - 600kGross 230k less purchase priceTimeframe - 24 monthsRisks - Larger holding costs, over budget constructionOption number 2 is my default preference in that it's the most simple and in my mind least risky in terms of catastrophic failure.