This is just a correction stabilization, a normal cyclical event in real estate.I'm jacked up that DOM is increasing, finally going to get back in the game for the right reasons. 

If I had a better understanding of her family situation, income, game plan for after a year, etc, I may feel slightly different.

At the start of the auction they may withdraw some of them.If you want to play this game you should have a number of properties in your pipeline. 

It is a numbers game.

As I've said, I'm just getting into the real estate investment game and would love to connect to others in the area.Dave

However, I will take your suggesting and I will be then subcontract others and get the permits myself to avoid all this waiting game.

Knowing you have a loan in place where you only have to put 3% in is fantastic and should be a huge encouragement to you. 

Someone with a high risk tolerance is playing a different game than someone with a low risk tolerance.

I'm very young to the game of renting and life itself really, I know that the grass is grown up a lot and I'm unsure if that will cut down on the true cost of it, but I assume roughly $3000-4500 for the 1.25.

I have been seeing a lot of deals going down in the game.