Homes listed for sale in the same neighborhood range from $128k - $300k.Lots #2 and #3 are 50'x150', in a different town, and are 1.4 miles apart from one another.

And find the deal on the Internet from 3000 miles away.

But, the area I live in, which is about 20 miles away, doesn't fit their criteria to invest in.Now today and yesterday I have made three offers.

Below are the stats:Asking Price: 70 kDwn Pmt 20%: ~15kMortgage$365.92 (55k financed @7% 30 yr)Taxes400.35Insurance100 (have no clue what insurance would be (should be alot less)Maintenance80 (another guesstimation).prop mgmt160 (10% of gross rent) If I am not willing to manage myself.Total Expenses:$1,106.27 Gross Income:Conservatively: 1600, $1750(low avg w/in 1.5 mile radius according to Rentrange) If I go section 8 I can max 1450/month on 3/2 and 1200/month on 2/1= 2650!)...

Give em an inch and they will take a mile, right!

That required driving (mostly riding my mororcycle) about 80 miles to campus.

My storage facility I bought is 4 miles from #1 rated county in the country.

The 909 can be a gold mile...

Lived close to an abandoned coal mine and ventured several miles inside.

I firmly believe if you give an inch, they take a mile which is clearly what she has done as she went from a few days to partial payment now.