Those are the big financial risks in early 1900s homes, and if they've been addressed, they can make for nice houses to add to your portfolio.A good, investor-friendly agent will know how to evaluate those homes and give you good buying advice.As for locations, the Midwest still has plenty of 3/2 houses that list under 200k, but they are getting tough to find in ideal neighborhoods.

Why not simply make the tenant prove they are renting a property and then provide the benefits? 

But the reason that this process is difficult is that the company is dissolving upon disposition.As far as Units owned it’s a tough metric to measure in case of talk above.  

The areas around Research Hospital are proving to be good in terms of good value. 

That's a tough one when you're in an expensive market starting out. 

@Dan V. it applies to all the homes in your park, in Virginia it can be tough dealing with the govt and handling tenants since being a tenant makes you a victim and the courts are in the tenants favor, good luck

A cell phone camera proves the point.

Then you HAVE to MUST prove the appraiser made mistakes: they got the square footage wrong, they stole photos from the MLS, they use # 1 and # 2 comps that are 40% smaller in lot/square footage, something that indicates they are prejudice as in how they shoot the photos...

Prove of funds to close the transaction banks statement.The problem is, I haven't been approved for any loans yet.

Verbal agreements are normally binding, if harder to prove.