But haven't explored this option.One question, what is a typical ROI you look for on Investments around RVA?

Luckily for me, my bank would not loan on this property due to the price and the area of town it was in. 

One way of identifying vacant properties is looking at homes that have been reported to the nuisance abatement office in your town/city/county. 

As much as I love the town I'm not married to it--the blog posts here suggest that would be silly. 

Post it here on BiggerPockets in the Events section and/or Meetup.com and I am sure you will find others in your part of town that are interested.  

I know I can go to the big box stores, but would like to get the inside scope on where to find the best deals in town.

if you are keen to explore how we can work together, please send me a note.

hi, how are you, as an out of town,/state/country buyer, aquiring an as-is repairs needed, fixer, and verifying repairs?

Hi all, placing a 11 unit multifamily under contract tomorrow. in college town in Washington county, PA, has 11 units, laundry facility, parking spot for each unit. brick building with gently sloped roof. roof redone 4 years ago, electrical redone 2 years ago. was under very poorly rated PM in area, met the guy when seeing facility and seemed very eager to do the minimum.  

I'm a Gardner native, but left town 25 years ago.