The location is less relevant than the home style frequently found here--railroad style apartment  in small multi-fam homes. 

Since the title company has no way of knowing if the foreclosure was handled in compliance with all pertinent statutes, doesn’t know if all relevant parties were provided proper notice, and may not even know the potential claims concerning previous transfers ( many people about to lose their real property for an IRS lien begin to do a serious of title transfers to try to frustrate the process), they realize that the title policy fee is t worth the potential liability.In the old days, there were some independent, small insurers who would take the riskier policies.

It can take 2 weeks or it can take 2 years. 2) Permitting & environmental standards: Particularly relevant if you are running your own rehabs.

I just interviewed someone on my podcast who partnered with an SEO expert because the SEO expert had a website with a lot of relevant traffic but didn't want to learn how to wholesale those leads.

My husband and I are also interested in purchasing a duplex for our next property so this post was quite relevant.  

I believe it's quite relevant and valuable material to use in the "We Buy Houses" industry!

But I have a spreadsheet for my leads with relevant info that I try to have filled in before a potential seller calls. 

@Rajiv Gupta I know you posted this a LONG time ago, but it is still a very relevant question for a lot of people.Contrary to popular belief, there are very few ways to have a diversified RE portfolio that is 'passive' with minimal risk.RE is a business.There are many gurus out there purporting that you can buy turn-key properties, etc. that are totally passive, but most of them are full of it.What it sounds like you are looking for, is either to buy NNN properties, or invest passively in syndications.Now, this was posted over two years ago...so I am curious to know what have you done since then? 

(*My apologies @Jenny Gremillion for opening a separate discussion under your thread, but Jonathan's list got me curious and I think it's topic-related and relevant to your thread too..:)) 

What is relevant is: what problems are you looking to solve and how will you develop value to generate the return you are targeting?