www.usleadlist.com can supply inheritance list data across the country. 

Are the properties being marked up before they are sold to investors.How is the cash-on-cash being modeled - what is variable, and what is fixed (income and expenses)?

He takes care of everything for the renter, meals, Landry, even down to supplying the plates and knives and forks.

I absolutely agree with you on the 10K being insufficient... and catering to the military market shouldn't be too difficult to do, as there is always a steady supply of renters in the area.  

There are just so many different variables to take into consideration when picking a market that there's no right answer, you just have to find what will work best for what you want to achieve.

There are just too many variables to consider to make this a simple answer.

If there had been any mention of a " Life Estate " I simply would have walked away from the deal           Like I said doing the deal with 25K down is not a problem ,I am just wondering at this point if the deal you did that you said was similar did you supply Earnest money to lock in the deal before the estate was fully probated ?          

The housing markets in Britain and Spain actually moved much stronger than that of Canada compared to the US.There has to be a variable the explains the pattern and behavior.http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-u-s-price-gap-complaints-could-soon-trigger-investigations-1.2865235http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/23/canada-house-prices-us_n_3139918.htmlhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/11/global-house-prices

I can start with the supply and demand.

Standard water heaters can be sold and installed after April 16th, 2015, but only as supplies last.