if its a good location, or expanding area, go for it, just be prepared for the holding costs, depending where it is, if you need to keep the grass/weeds mowed, as well as taxes, and insurance, and preventing people from dumping trash or camping there, it can be a good deal, like anything, know the market, and direction of the market. 

They are cutting grass . mulching and trimming .

The (structurally sound) 2-10k houses I ever come across in okay areas I try to keep even if I just board them up and keep the grass cut etc.  

The Fed's next meeting on May 2 might bring no change in rates or a .25 increase.

I would help them get the deal done.We own a portfolio and I get it - my tenants have fed me a few stories over the years.

So the grass, driveway, fences, yard etc. are technically shared.  

Taxes are roughly 6k, and the landlord also pays 5k in other items like water, sewer, snow removal, grass, trash, water/electric, and insurance – per year.

Pen Fed (80% LTV, prime + 1%, <4 properties); bank of the west; CMG Financial (70% LTV); HSBC (70% LTV); Wells Fargo 60% LTV; US Bank 80%; TD Bank; regions Bank; Huntington 80% LTV, 7%; NFCU 80%, 6.5%; Silvergate Bank; Torrey Pines Bank; Bank of Southern CaliforniaGood luck

Navy Fed has a mortgage program called Military Choice.

This is watched more closely by the Fed than headline CPI.  0.3% is a touch high, but 0.1%-0.2% M/M is what the Fed wants to see on avg, so overall, not bad.