However, the agreement to accept monthly payments may be specific to the owner himself.  

I moved from Florida to start investing in Columbus because of the same reason.https://www.zillow.com/learn/hottest-housing-markets-2024/There are some great opportunities in the Ohio markets.

I personally think you can, and if the former owner redeems, they get cutover timber land.

With mortgage rates being so high, we'd like to do an all-cash purchase in a house with a good balance between cash flow and appreciation.

That means you need to bring another 40k to the table at the refi cause you'll have a bridge loan of 240k to payoff.Now you'll own a 320k house with 80k equity in it making 150 cash/month.You wanna look for better deal spreads. 

Wife is a realtor, hubby is part owner of an industrial construction company.Ideally wed love to get a fix and flip for our first investment.1- what is something you wished you knew before your first flip?

Switching online services is unfortunately not an option because the large majority of house seekers use zillow.

I can't imagine the Hotel likes the idea that they have an employee inquiring about fraudulent loans from patrons, employees and local business owners in the area. 

I have one rental property - a house that I used to live in for 5 years.

If the property is homesteaded, you are grandfathered only at max 3%.You can see bellow an example as the taxes increased after the change om ownership. the big difference is due to fact the area appreciated 1000% since the 90s when the house was initially purchased as a homestead.