My wife would never give info the people unseen, either by e-mail, phone etc.

Your best bet is to stay east of E. 152nd, and north of the freeway.

Luckily e were already pre-qualified with them which helped to accelerate the process, but they were fantastic to work with.

You'll know this when getting that first call.Here in CA (Sacramento/ San Francisco counties) the PR provides not only they're complete mailing address but their e-mail address as well.

Assuming you don't have a system set up where your tenants could submit their maintenance requests online (I don't), then I guess you can communicate either via phone call or e-mail. 

Here are a few to try:https://www.landwatch.comhttps://www.landandfarm.comhttps://www.landsofamerica.comthis does not exist in Oregon.. you can buy bare land out in the high desert of E oregon for this amount /  but not something fully served.there are camper lots by Lake Billy Chinook.. that might be 25k and under.there is Christmas Valley out side K Falls which is an antiquated recreational subdivision with 1000s of vacant legal lots.

He had hacked into my realtor's e mail where he was able to get information on our recent sales agreement and who knows what else. 

Give it time to go to the credit bureau so it registers usage, and then pay it off so it can register a "Paid Tradeline", which gives you a few points each time.

The house needs cosmetic fix up.New PaintCleaned up New CarpetThe previous owner had a cat and smoked cigarettes in the house.

IE if the norm is for gas to be paid by the tenant, yet your tenant has to pay their gas + hot water gas usage, it will "feel" more expensive to them and many applicants will pass (and you'll suffer higher vacancy).