Long Beach WA  Bank foreclosure, opening bid 163k, can only view from the street, currently occupied, 6 acres, ~2000 sq ft house, two large two bay shops, and has a large pond with a dock in the back yard.

The back yard impressed me the most.

The home, in my opinion, is worthless as the property is now zoned Heavy Commercial/ Light Industrial and the home would need too much work to salvage.

I'm not talking about unplugging a drain.Simple things like yard work, cleaning gutters, definitely do it yourself.

Someone said monthly rents total $4275 but that is strictly blue sky (pro forma LOL) as no one has rented there recently... the location is prima and the yard has been well designed.

Your tenant lease should specify that the tenant is responsible for all yard maintenance and shoveling of snow.

We've definitely been taking care of lots of things for him around the property, yard maintenance, painting, etc and have offered to do the make ready on the unit that will soon be vacated.

After four 40 yard dumpsters and $90K later this thing was a gem and sold for $523K which was $43K over it's appraised value.

It only has one water meter.Since we have put around $150k into the house (roof, structure, kitchen, floors, inside and outside paint, yard, fence), we would like to refinance and buy a (second) duplex with cash.

My two tips for finding listings- look for stale listings (6 months days on market) and then drive around looking for FSBO signs in the yard that aren't posted on Zillow or Craigslist.