I actually saw this on Yahoo's news section, but the original article is from US News. http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2014/03/24/what-you-should-know-before-dipping-into-home-flipping

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That's a big hit too.In Cincinnati it costs about $300 per unit for all the treatments.FYI - here's a bedbug article I recently wrote: http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/4430/blog_posts/32442-bed-bugs-spotting-and-getting-rid-of-them

If you look at my blog articles here on BP, you'll know that I'm the biggest advocate ever of not just going off the written numbers on a property.

I hadn't come across the article yet its a step in the right direction thank you =).

That said,mi have read several worthwhile articles in them.

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Are there any articles anywhere regarding this?

Originally posted by Jon Holdman:...its the first time I've ever seen a lottery be a positive expectation game.I've read articles about this happening in the past, and where teams of people -- at the direction of a rich investor -- attempt to buy every combination of ticket.

So to preface this, I gained an interest in doing bird dog work based off an article on BP that I read last week.