I am finding some in eastern D.C. and towards Baltimore but nothing around the northwest.

DO NOT CARRY ONE if you are not comfortable using the gun if you have to point at someone, because most likely they will use one against you, specially in eastern coast states when the guys on the streets that have gust are, I assume, expert in dealing with people way worst than you or me.  

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I’ve been looking at mid western market, Detroit and Indianapolis mainly because I do visit Indianapolis annually for FDIC conference.

Adding this kind of caveat to an already competitive, seller's market in Eastern Idaho - and everywhere - doesn't sound like a great idea to me. 

We had a number of conference calls and emails/texts with Jekyll over the next few months, turned down a number of prospects, and finally agreed on a property - after Jekyll had “his” contractor give us a full rehab estimate.Jekyll’s compensation was to be a share of the total gain, and/but, as planned, he did not put up any of his own money - his job was to find a suitable property, broker the purchase, manage the rehab, and bring the project to a successful sale, in which he would be our selling agent/broker.It took almost twice as long to rehab than planned, and almost 2x the budget - but we still had room for a fair profit.

When I first lived in the phoenix area in the mid-80s I was really surprized by the amount of grass and eastern landscape there was.

I had hoped that the new PM owners would reach out to the owners with a welcome letter, a phone call,  a video message or a conference call.....heck, I'd take an email.  

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I was hoping that BP will organize a 2 day conference, hoping I can educate myself regarding private funding there.