My pay day will really only be in 5 years when i could possibly sell it for the spread of what I purchase it for.

Crime is pretty much spread out there are pockets that are higher than others but that is something you would have to check city by city.Hope that helps!

So, the lenders, banks, etc. realized what was happening, and got congress to pass some laws, and the "due on sale clause", which was seldomly exercised prior to interest rates "going hog wild" in the '80s.One can only imagine all the possibilities, smart investors & "end buyers & sellers" of real estate, and/or existing lower interest rate mortgages back in the '80s.Tons of money was made on the interest rate spreads.

I have 100K cash that I made doing some high risk investing in the stock market and am trying to spread out my risk.

The spread between 1400 and 1600 is 200/mo or 2400/year - don't you think you need to get a precise number?

none right now (poor college student), but I am interested in any good deal in the area. if you need any help locating deals in sac or anywhere else let me know, I subscribe to a site so I can more easily pull REOs and comps to check spreads.

You will make a small spread but it should be quick and easy.Nothing ventured nothing gained.

We have a full scale marketing plant that includes SEO, facebook ads, google ads, published articles, youtube videos, blogs, social media...and the list goes on and on.

If it was built in the 60's it might be sitting on a nice piece.Back then land wasn't at as much of premium so lower density was used more spread out.You might find the highest and best use for the land to be building a whole new structure with a much higher density.The building pattern for the area might have changed and retail might now be the best use for the land.You can always hold and have your parents buy out this guy and control a larger piece when the market recovers.

So I have  income tax state income and "net" rental income + depreciation spread over the average of the last two years.