Basically, they appeared to have been picked up some time ago because they were "cheap" and now, many years later, they are still "cheap".

There are difficult to finance and the other thing is if they are cheap like this one you will be competing against cash offers.

@Ankit Duggal , What is attacking me to Rochester is that there are properties priced sub 50k which I like for two reasons, 1] cheaper purchase prices means I could invest with less of my own money while still getting a 30yr fixed loan, and 2] if everything goes wrong that could it's cheap enough where I could [with the help of family] purchase it outright and not risk foreclosure.

I'll try to look into it further.As far as the sewer and water, it does seem cheap now that you point it out.

This is primarily because my parents live there and can act as my property managers, the prices for property are very cheap over there, and I would like to stay in the unit 2 months out of the year when on holiday.

It almost seemed too easy and cheap for me.

your hardest part may be to find cheap houses in Edmond. 

If they are easy to get to , its a cheap and fast project .  

I've noticed in my area that a lot of the staging companies use very generic, dare I say, cheap looking furniture to stage with.

It was a cheap house.