Colorado's lax legalization has led to a big bump in prices lately, due to the sudden jump in demand (and stores in Colorado had to have something to sell day 1 of legalization), but when local supply there catches up, prices will fall again.

Metropolis in Colorado?

CO (If required in your town) and permits, that is basically the town's way of saying that the property isn't condemned and won't be as long as you make the property habitable and bring it up to code.

This is akin to a lot of the self-storage opportunities.If you are interested in this type of properties, you may want to connect with Ray Alcorn in Roanoke area, this is one of their specialties.BTW, I co-host a monthly meeting for DMV real estate investors and we are meeting this Tuesday evening on tax strategies this month.  

I always wanted to go back to Colorado, but IL/MO is growing on me!

Some court systems (like Colorado) do allow for judgments as part of the eviction process but you have to pursue it.

I believe atty Andrew Wallet is still co-conservator of Britney Spear's estate, for example.I can't speak for TX law, nor am I a CA attorney.

I doubt the biggest cities (Portland, Seattle) would be the best options from a buy/hold standpoint, but look for the mid sized cities that are growing.

For instance, my area (Denver, CO) scores badly on a lot of "liveability" indexes in the weather area because the high temps are so high and the low temps are so low.

Title co handling the sale should be able to pick up your deed in their title search and then insure title to the new buyer.