Eric,If you are thinking of Oregon, especially Eugene, you need to talk to Dan Gandee.

This is the breakdown:2 tenants on month to month leases ~$250-$350 less than market1 long term tenant (15yrs) is now on month to month lease and is paying $1500 less than marketAfter consulting with a couple of people and doing some research, it sounds like anything over a I should apply banking rent raise and submit a 60 day notice (all of these units fall into that category).

Hey Gary, welcome to BP!

Reach out to each individual syndicator that you like to discuss your questions.

I've also thought about direct contact, such as door to door or cold calling, but door to door is very time consuming and doesn't have the promise of meeting the actual owner of the property, and I still haven't figured out how to get phone lists of potential leads.

It generally doesn't make sense to build anything on the land to then tear it down and build something else, unless development explodes and you're tearing down ramshackle to build expensive.

Working on finding a good attorney to help.

However, I have never been unable to get insurance here. 

I'd be happy to.

Feel free to reach out to me if you would like to discuss