I think that Beaverton/Tigard and others are not quite the same as sprawling new developments outside Sacramento (perhaps more comparable to the San Francisco East Bay, to cite a local examplea gain), but on the other hand in the event of a significant downturn you maybe are more protected in the core.

@Jeffrey Grieshop  Make your offer contingent upon  financing to protect your self.  

Please leave input and there are some details I don't want to make public so with that said those who have the time to advice pm me for those details.

Foreclosures are public record and used by everyone in town trying to nail the deal if the property has equity. 

@Phat ViLook in public data websites norrowing your criteria with your units and some bad debt history or behind payments...find address and offer help to owners whose maybe in a desperate...

It's all public information. 

Landglide works great for all of the property information in Montana, and yes you can get the mailing address from the public data on landglide.

I will be working in the loop so my main thing is being near public transit wherever I live.

Left there and worked in government public housing for 3 years.  

Once you get your license your information goes public and brokerages will reach out anyway.