Therefore, I think the 171,000 is a pretty safe amount to insure.

I'm starting to see that there are smart, safe ways to do it.  

I can certainly recommend someone for you in whatever area you're looking to focus on as I've met quite a few in the last 10 years, just let me know.There are many other ways to find motivated sellers however and BP has a plethora of techniques, such as yellow letters, etc, etc..

We took a good inventory of what was needed and our goal was to make the house, clean, safe, functioning, nice, but not too nice.

Brian Gibbons thanks, I love how you present 3 scenarios; I've watched several of your vids where you demonstrate this technique.

Top dollar goes to the ones that have a nice view, close to the train, and in a relatively safe neighborhood. 

I will take all that I can (safely).Using math: IRRIf you want to take a lot of the arguments out of this, just calculate the internal rate of return (IRR) for each situation.

safe to say north of 1 million.  

I went to clubs and meetings for a boatload of techniques while my dad was building an empire of 200+ rental units.

After all, they are human and many of them only want a safe place to live.