You can get some online pretty cheaply.

m=9&y=17&utm_source=HAR%2FMLS+Master+List&utm_campaign=37e6c93251-January+2017+MLS+Release&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5c0a7c027d-37e6c93251-252424337Houston Real Estate Highlights in August, 2017: Hurricane Harvey ended ten consecutive months of positive single-family home sales, as volume plunged 25.4 percent year-over-year with 5,917 units sold;Despite Harvey’s rampage, single-family home sales remain 1.8 percent ahead of the 2016 volume on a year-to-date basis;Total property sales dropped 24.2 percent with 7,077 units sold;Total dollar volume fell 22.2 percent to $2.0 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.0 percent to $231,700;The single-family home average price increased 2.6 percent to $296,418;Single-family homes months of inventory grew to a 4.4-months supply, but is expected to shrink with strong consumer demand for housing in the wake of Harvey;Townhome/condominium sales dropped 31.4 percent, with the average price down 1.1 percent to $196,230 and the median price up 2.0 percent to $159,000;Leases of single-family homes rose 9.4 percent with average rent unchanged at $1,857;Volume of townhome/condominium leases jumped 17.0 percent with average rent down 2.2 percent to $1,551;HAR continues to encourage anyone who has housing available for temporary occupancy (up to 12 weeks) to please post it on our Harvey Temporary Housing page as soon as possible at www.har.com/temporaryhousing to provide housing to those in need.

Here's the numbers:Single family house in NE San Antonio. 1,456 square feet, 3 bed 2.5 bathPurchase price: $105,000Rehab; $20,000Hard money loan: $112,500Cash out of pocket (From HUD stmt):$12,500 (down payment)$2,250 (points)$385 (lender fees)$892.50 (title fees)$1,320 (insurance)-$2,001.34 (credit for unpaid taxes)Total: $15,346.16Actual rehab cost: $19,678.12Hold time until rehab and refinance complete: 98 daysInterest expense: $3,020.55Refinance loan terms: 30 year adjustable rate mortgage at 5.75% interest fixed for 5 years at 85% LTV and 1 point.Appraised value: $164,500Cash-out refi amount: $139,825Cash back in my pocket after lender fees, title fees, down payment, interest expense, insurance, etc are all accounted for: $5,389.50Now the place is rented for $1,200 a month and I figure I'll pocket about $200-$300 a month after expenses and mortgage payments and in the end, no money tied up in the deal!

Now for the bad part, we could probably come up with about half of that amount total as down payment.

Posted the add online last Wednesday (9/6/2017) and had 4 people contact me interested in looking at it.

Do not include any late fees in the total as CA courts view those as liquidated damages and may reject a notice that states a higher than owed amount due.

So find the right newspaperand you are in business.Also, there are two places I can see them online here in Georgia as well so you might try looking for things like 'Virginia Public Notices' or 'Virginia Legal Notices' and the same searches using your county name.

I am new here and could use some adviceHere is the situation:  I own a condo in South San Jose, CA that needs a total gut. 

I totally understand what you are saying about slow and steady wins the race... but right now, riding the appreciating housing market is the way to go.

I think the most important one was online rent payments, which all of my tenants use.