These are listed for incredibly low prices, so I naturally raised an eyebrow at it not being sure if there was a catch or not.

It's not natural appreciation, it's forced appreciation.

That's for people that are bad at math.I average putting $7,000 down on $250,000 properties (0.03%) that I take over in PHX AZ, I have some carrying costs naturally, and the existing loans are in the $180,000 range.

If you bought one of those, your maintenance costs would naturally be higher and you may also have to invest a lot of money just to get the property back to good condition.

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The policy defines an Estate Planning Entity as a legal entity or Trust establish by a Natural Person for estate planning. 

Given the competitive nature of real estate, how realistic is it to execute a buy at this size of discount?

This way we can't see into the main house yard but we still get plenty of natural light.

In the beginning, I don't expect to be scouring for deals or managing property or anything of that nature. 

Market cycles happen, dips happen - it's just part of the nature of real estate - this is what actually has been happening since the beginning of time.