At that price, I'm assuming you have some major rehab to do, but maybe not.Not an accountant, but from my own research if you use the IRA you need to have enough in that IRA to cover all the property expenses.

A 160k house that rents for $2100 seems to be a bit high, but again, I cannot confirm the address online.

Hi all, I’ve search the forums looking for information on obtaining financing with an exterior only appraisal. Is this even an option? Property is currently occupied and listed on auction site.  I’d appreciate any sug...

Other than driving for dollars are there any more ways to find vacant or code violation homes online?

I was using smart move online form which gets the background on criminal, credit and income information from the tenant.

I don't know that I've ever met a 1st gen African LO, but I've met 1st gen LO Russians, Latinas, Brits... and to the extent that African accents are associated with "Nigerian Prince" schemes, note that the overwhelming majority of LOs doing shady things circa 2004-2007 had accents identical to what you would expect my accent to be based on my profile picture, so you certainly shouldn't assume that I'm not shady based on my accent any more than you should assume someone is shady if they have an accent that sounds African.

I did speak with someone from the number she gave me but I also like to look up online to make sure the company exists.

However, we have 2 more units coming online in January and feel like these transactions could get tedious and might be more efficient if sent in bulk.Question for more experienced hosts who have scaled up...If you work with a cleaning company that provides these services, how frequently are you paying them? 

And all that conjecture can lead to  a major brain hemorrhage.  

Look those up at the county assessor (likely online), and see what data your local assessor provides.