You should know the code well enough to walk into a bathroom or kitchen and know the code violations within a minute.

I'm walking the property today and it was listed less then 24hrs ago!

We walked away with more cash in our pocket then we had before closing.

It is right across the street from the beach (you can walk to it in less than 30 seconds), so it is very close, but one building in front blocks most of the view of the beach.

I'm still walking on clouds about how much more fun it is to leave the project and the mess at the end of the day than it is to continuously fight through the muck.That said, do the floors when you're not in the house, if humanly possible.

Maybe have a walk through with each student or an all together orientation to the house? 

If it’s too much to tackle alone or if you don’t believe it’s right to take on all of those hassles without some conditions, then I’d walk away.

This is usually a 2-step process. 1. pull a list of people likely to want to sell their home. 2. append phones and email to that list where available.You can work with a list broker to walk you through and make recommendations for your target.Please note that "loan balance" is not public data and the only sources that do have it are credit score companies and there are a lot of legal restriction around selling the data.

I imagine Kitsap is a lot more balanced regulatory wise than seattle and in such situation they should recognize that as a new owner you didn't cause any substandard conditions present,  but you would still be held responsible for correcting it.So agreed with prior post - demand AND verify property is vacant with a walk through day before closing. 

You walk in and look for the best ones in the bundle.I see people buying quantity just to get to 100 doors and they might have a purpose to do that.