If not than most states have on the State's State Department Website (or something similarly titled) a list of banking institutions who are legally registered as banks in the state you're in.

With survey, lawyers' fees, title search you are over 3k and that is without finance points.

Title insurance and escrow will probably be around $1,500. 

Does anyone know of a good title company in East Tennessee?

If we don't update a thread like this with reality, people will read the 2.2 in the title and get the wrong idea.Am curious about a couple of things.

You have to get into the real-estate game at some point, stop 'waiting' for another year. 

The Zillow numbers are good guesses, but you should probably talk to your lender and/or the title company and see what numbers they see on those properties. 

Contingent on the location, a tear down could work (different ball game than flipping).

And as the title says, what are your criteria?

Hi, I'm very new to the game.