I'm ready to buy my 1st rental property and have identified a foreclosure that I would like to buy.

Said lot is 1 of 21 being sold by the developer.

Identify some areas you would like to invest in and get to know them well so when you see a property come available you'll know if it is a good deal or not. 

don't know but Oregon is quite strict in fact you need a developers license to rehab and resell homes .. even if your only doing one a year.. you can only work on homes you owner occ if its to be resold to the public you need a GC license for a developers license..

I keep digging, but it's been tricky to try to invest my few hard-earned dollars wisely when it feels like most of the deals are gambles.Then I see highly-leveraged projects / development-plays from some aggressive investors -- also more intense and scary than I'd like. 

Travel for business development/sales $10K/yr.Would love your 2 cents on how I should assign the expenses (e.g. which companies should pay them) as they all benefit each business and assigning expenses to certain businesses would affect partner Kevin differently?

But it you cannot identify a specific cause for a problem at that location then its likely you're just looking at the first of multiple problems.The sellers may balk, but your agent should remind their agent now that they're aware of a problem they need to disclose it to future buyers. 

My full-time job involves consulting with local governments and developers in land entitlements, ordinance preparation, and coastal development regulations.  

Hello,I've done searches on specific areas that have been identified for revitalization in Baltimore, but I keep coming up short.

How does one go about identifying reliable providers remotely, out of state?