There are plenty of people who will buy your property and pay off the taxes if they are picking it up at discount. 

Materials are done via phone order after we pick them out at HD for the week Monday morning or we put together a materials list and bill you8.

It will send the contact information of 3 lenders that we picked and will also notify us via email. 

Also, how would the appraised value be calculated, is there a simple formula using the annual rental income?

I’m good at picking neighborhoods in Philly that are up and coming.

Assuming, one has picked a market/sub-market (based off market research criteria), the critical factor, for us, becomes exit cap rate. 

I signed up for Habitat for Humanity to try to meet some, but that's not as simple as it sounds--you may spend a full day with just painters, or sweeping the hall.  

I originally suggested paying no more than 70% of its as-is value, to make life simple. 

Something simple to that effect that is honest and transparent.

That being said, it could make more sense to you to buy for low to moderate cash flow but strong appreciation, versus the other way around.If you want buy and hold rentals, I’m hoping your idea isn’t to tie up all your cash in ONE property, but rather to get your own traditional investment loan or creative financing from sellers.Another consideration is many speculate we could be nearing the top of a real estate market cycle, with a dip in home values expected when you could pick up some better deals.