Depending on time of the month you close, you will either get, or give money for tax and certain utility adjustments, so you should keep that in mind.

Do not assume this number is zero, I would assume $10k on a place like those and adjust based off of the inspection.

But since you've got 45 days to play and adjust your identification list you can experiment with the concept without much risk.But what really makes auction properties so difficult is the short window for full payment of your funds to the entity auctioning the property you won.  

If you do some framing adjustments you can make it so both units can share the laundry and not be in each others space.  

I use these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G44WIIM/ref=o...you can adjust for time/ light sensitivity/ motion sensitivity.

@Curt Davis - thank you for the heads up, I have adjusted my criteria to $60k-$70k.

If the property needs work or is a bad area I adjust.

In 2018 the taxes would be adjusted to reflect the "improvements."

We have typically just renewed with same bank, rate adjust and small fee. 

You can easily adjust it if the water level is too high.