Also, you mention a good point about him not being able to accept payment for more than $1000, which most likely would not hold up on his end as well.

Hopefully this 14k property you mention has a county appraisal of 40k-50k.

Asking price is $130K, but this is high considering age (built in 1991), location, repairs needed, and the other properties around it.  

We're in the digital age guys) or...you can just find a Real, Straightforward Investor to Mentor you. and if he's ligit and not a greedy crook.

As mentioned above by Todd and Cathy, use the leverage.I would not recommend investing any additional money in the stock market because you already have $800K of your 401K invested in stocks/funds.You're in great shape, keep going!

Not being smart enough to realize there's toilet paper at every gas station not to mention the 24 hour Walmart and the 5 grocery stores right down the street.

I was looking for condos in foreclosure, and someone mentioned there are some  selling for $8,000.

As Karl Knaupp mentioned, great resources can be found at our SJREIA meetings.

For the area you mention  @Gabriel G. is who i would recommend.

As for whether the other stuff you've mentioned are great deals - it's WAY too subjective of a question.