Luckily e were already pre-qualified with them which helped to accelerate the process, but they were fantastic to work with.

You'll know this when getting that first call.Here in CA (Sacramento/ San Francisco counties) the PR provides not only they're complete mailing address but their e-mail address as well.

Assuming you don't have a system set up where your tenants could submit their maintenance requests online (I don't), then I guess you can communicate either via phone call or e-mail. 

Here are a few to try:https://www.landwatch.comhttps://www.landandfarm.comhttps://www.landsofamerica.comthis does not exist in Oregon.. you can buy bare land out in the high desert of E oregon for this amount /  but not something fully served.there are camper lots by Lake Billy Chinook.. that might be 25k and under.there is Christmas Valley out side K Falls which is an antiquated recreational subdivision with 1000s of vacant legal lots.

He had hacked into my realtor's e mail where he was able to get information on our recent sales agreement and who knows what else. 

The higher the cap rate, the higher the risk (ie less desirable market fundamentals, less desirable property, harder to rent out and manage, etc).

I moved in with a land contract (5 yrs to close), and after posting two years of Schedule E's on my taxes, I closed on the house with a conventional fixed rate loan.

After 2 years of Schedule E's on my taxes, I got a conventional loan.

@Sebastian E.

After you have a year landlord on taxes (ie sched E) then you can start counting some rents.