These are Fannie Mae Forclosures.Other ways are driving around, "driving for dollars" looking at individual bank websites for REO.s, Keep looking, I do spend a lot of time on the computer, but automating searches is a great way to get instant notifications of properties you may be interested in!

This tells me that submetering might drive all tenants out (almost all units on the rent roll are $25-125 below average rents, including the competition) and that even if I underprice the competition by $25-$40 or so, I'll likely loose to them (as the winter heating bill will easily eat that up. 

. :-) There are neighborhoods in Hillsboro, Aloha, Tigard, and even Beaverton on the West Side where you can find a home within your budget and are an easy drive into SW Portland.

Greg Scully This is in your area, on Vista Drive, off Clark Wolverine.

Keep driving forward. 

If you are not familiar with Lakeland I suggest you drive around a bit because there are some war zones.  

I've found the podcast and it's quickly becoming my daily listen while driving.

So my question is, when leaving my home, which is also my home office, and driving to one of my properties, is that trip mileage business mileage? 

That doesn't work for me since one of the prospective tenants will be driving 3 hours to see the house. 

@Damian LoBasso...very interesting points you make, and I definitely agree that the proximity, coupled with the plans for development (I wasn't aware of the $200million, that's huge) would inevitably drive people further inland.