Define your ideal transaction and the numbers that go along with it.

We buy houses AS-IS - NO REPAIRS NEEDED.If your message is too broad, you may get calls from people who think you can give them close to retail for their house (which they may have listed with an agent).

This has been defined by a Supreme Court case, Securities and Exchange Commission v.

USDA loans are available in some of my markets which really aren't that rural, but the definition of rural is broad and I'm not sure when they last updated the areas covered.

Pretty broad question....

Simon make sure and define a strategy for why you are wanting to buy a property.Owner financing houses and apartment buildings are different animals entirely.

In my mind, if I can't look a tenant in the eye and give them a definative "yes" or "no", perhaps business ownership isn't for me (or I should get a management company to look after things for me).Sam

My recommendation is to define your investment objective and criteria which will then help you narrow down your options.

Just that the statements about what qualifies and what doesn't in those numbers is difficult to make broad statements that apply to every state.

Pretty broad statement, fact is, concrete or blacktop are both only as good as the preparation and installation of them.