Power within 1/2 mile is NOT power.

I wouldn't recommend it unless you're as jolly and cheerful as I and have a collection of guns, knives and animal heads and boar skulls hanging in your living room to creep them out enough to leave you alone.I have a house now but am looking for a 10 acre parcel within a 30 mile radius of my portfolio to build on.

There are areas in the south and southeast that are doing reasonably well in the recession, and even appreciating.

Oh, the 573 mile tow of damaged car is $492!!

For those that buy REO's that need rehabbing in area that atleast 500-1000+ miles away, how do you go about finding decent contractors, and taking care of business in general.

Portland seems to have had an easier time of it than we have, and I know you had it bad enough.At any rate, I've got my fingers crossed.In August, my son called me and said he thought we were in recovery because he'd seen 2 sold signs in one day: one in Eugene and one in Crooked River Ranch (about 160 miles apart, for you non-Oregonians).But I'm seeing a lot of sold signs now, and seeing very few price reduced signs.

(less than 10 miles vs. less than 100 miles)Can a really cheap trailer in Iowa be moved to Texas and still be profitable (just an example.)?

I mean there are some million dollar homes out there but, okay... maybe there's 10... 1 million dollar homes within a 60 mile radius of Dayton.

I've been looking at long lists of REO's in my area (within 20 miles in my county) and have even driven to a few to check them out (nothing formal, just looking at the exterior of the properties).

http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2010/pr10125.html Everbank, Jacksonville, Florida, Acquires All the Deposits of Three Affiliated Florida Institutions Bank of Florida – Southeast; Bank of Florida – Southwest; and Bank of Florida – Tampa Bay This Bank was a deadman walking for quite a while.