My minimum criteria is $100 per month cash flow, and a cash on cash return of 10% annually.  

This will affect your own IRR and return on your cash, but it should not change the value of the property.

Many Investors, local and remote, are seeing the affordability to buy into Pittsburgh with it's great returns on their investments.

That's 27% annual if I get 12 months, a rate I could easily afford.

I would think this could be grounds for being able to cancel the contract and the return of your earnest money.  

In my opinion, after Katrina, two big factors led to the quantity of foreclosures, and I believe neither will have nearly the same impact in Houston and surrounding area.1) A substantial portion of New Orleans' population left and has never returned.  

After doing a search for this month's, it returned around 100 results with several different types of cases below: PB ADMIN IND WITH HEIRSHIP PB ADMIN IND/WILL ANNEXED PB COURT INITIATED PB GRDNSHP ADULT PER/ESTATE PB GRDNSHP ADULT PERSON PB HEIRSHIP PB OTHER - PROBATE PB PROBATE LTRS TESTAMENTARY PB PROBATE MUNIMENT OF TITLE PB SMALL ESTATE AFFIDAVITDoes this matter at all?

Being that we're in WA you'll want to look at excise exemptions if you go that route.For your partnership question: I've seen money partners get a certain percentage on the equity side (whatever is negotiated) plus a guaranteed rate of return for their invested capital.

Inexpensive plastic window treatments are easily installed and replaced.

I think every investor has a different expectation of COC return.