@Justin Schellenberg I started monitoring this thread because I have my eye on a property similar to the one you mentioned. 

And you get the benefit of having over 80 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

They feel your insulting them because in their eyes the property is well worth $275k.

a title search that isn't all the way back will only catch about a third of your problems.   

The smaller the grout lines, the "higher" one can leave the grout as less grout will be washed out in the cleaning process and less area for dirt to catch.

I hope to catch up with like minded people on future meetups.  

The rest of the mortar passes the eye test but we'll see during the inspection.  

And you get the benefit of having over 80 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

One tip that I picked up here is while you are starting out and saving money for your investments, start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market.

I'm always keeping an eye out for something similar, in the same area.