I would recommend that you perform research analysis in your market area. $90k is a good deal if all houses in the area is selling for more than $140k.

I would rather be consistently profitable with solid performers in my portfolio than shooting for that home run. 

Completely isolated and beautiful. 

I find most of the owners that are selling operating properties are doing so because they're not performing well.

I’ll explore all three, and discuss the differences of each and how they apply when exploring real estate investments.CoC [Cash-on-Cash]Cash-on-Cash Return is the simplest way to evaluate the performance of a real estate investment.

I live and invest in Columbus and while we don’t have the beautiful scenery the west does, our tenant pool has been growing and our housing has stayed semi-affordable. 

@Chad Dunham the last thing you want to do is buy a multi $100k asset that performs poorly because you didn't want to be a bother to someone, speak up at least to the broker and say it isn't clicking with the agent, they can try to find you another agent, let you go, or be a massive pain (which is unlikely because their business runs on referrals and reputation).

Hope to meet new people and learn much more about real estate in this beautiful state!

The third thing that comes to mind for me is that you could buy all cash and refinance out once the properties are performing for a bit. 

The lender will perform a desktop appraisal but they will typically have a short view on the value of the property to protect the company’s investment which means you will be coming out of pocket more.