Could you talk to a lumber company and selectively log it?

I am not sure what the timing requirements are in your area, but I would let them complete the move in inspection form (so they can't dispute items to a judge and claim you filled out the form), and I would take my time to evaluate the unit upon their move out to ensure that they aren't leaving me with issues that I didn't notice when quickly walking through.

However if I don't find one for some reason before the recession or dip hits I am more than okay with that, because I know I will have the capital from saving up, connections from networking, and the wisdom from evaluating deals every day to get a good property and an even better price due to the recession.

Get some income back and be water conscienceTaxes are going to be evaluated every three years, it's going to be your duty to fight and keep them as low as possible.

Also all the information In this site is helping me to evaluate where I'm still weak in knowledge.

Hey guys, if you are still interested in investing in Southern Oregon, we have started a local RE meet up, our next meetup will be tomorrow, and we will be discussing how to evaluate a deal - here is the link to the meetup on FB, and also our FB page if you would like to join.

@Matt Clark Hi Matt, so I should call the city hall to have them come to evaluate whether or not I can make it into the bedroom?

If you can't do it yourself, you need a list of recently sold comps so you can determine the ARV (after repaired value) of the property - this is what you'd expect to sell the house for, in perfect condition.You evaluate SFHs based on $ per square foot, so you can make apples to apples comparisons to similar properties.

Granted I have been doing this for some time, but as I explained then and numerous times in many threads here on BP, practice, practice, and practice some more.I have many threads on how to evaluate rehab budgets and NONE of that advice includes a price per square foot!!! 

Or, they're located in a crime-affected neighborhood.It's important that you pick a property for its location but also make sure that damage costs are evaluated by professionals fully.