I was about to have a landlord meter installed in Lewiston and it would have cost me about $1000, but code enforcement indicated that he could go through the entire building and make me upgrade everything.

Wow, three great comments in a row, only thing I can add is stop reading guru stuff looking for ways around conventional thinking and methods :)Might ask some Realtors what land is selling for, watch the MLS and see what listings run, that will give you a good indication of an asking price and shouldn't be far off market value.

The question is pretty simply stated, aspects to consider would fill volumes of books, but simply answered my reply would be when indicated economic conditions warrant with respect to supply and demand. :)

Street views on google maps generally seem to indicate that the "decent" areas according to those on city-data do look decent, in my opinion.

We figured the deal I outlined below above was dead as the seller indicated that he was going to try to make some of the repairs before trying to sell the property.

Is there any indication as to where the moisture is coming from?

If they can't come up with a security deposit and 1st Month's rent prior to when they want the lease to start that is a huge indicator that they will not be able to make timely rent payments for the following months.I have worked with a few tenants over the years who were having problems coming up with enough money for both 1st month's rent and the security deposit and invariably within a few months the tenants would have problems paying the rent on time.

when I traded stocks one of my favorite indicators was the CNN/Forbes/Time indicator.

Although this next part is uncited, there’s a ton of search engine analytic data which indicates that website visitors are more likely to click on an ad showing a photo of a woman, versus a photo of a man.

The caveat being you must have a good credit score and indicate a decent amount of liquidity beyond your down payment and closing costs.