Andrea, thank you but apparently that function will not work on my tablet.

sorry for the short answer. i was on my tablet and since it's hard to type, just wanted to bump the thread and follow up.for a gutted home this budget is way too low. this is a large home and it will cost you more than 50k to provide and finish it. the margins are not there either. if it had a higher ARV, then you'd be ok.but that's a lot of money just to end up keeping the home to rent it. just think about it. you'd be spending 60k of your own money to get max 250 per month back. it would take you 20 years to get your initial investment (assuming you spend 60k). that's way too long. and that does not account for any repairs you have to make along the way.

Are there specific county website for Jackson, Clay, and Platte county that I can find the actual property tax from previous years? 

@Clay Kallman very true, I think the skill to add now is finding ways to make a property different while still abiding by the different zoning rules.

it's called port and it is clay, and it moves.

Agreed with @Raymond Temprano -- it is definitely situational/Here in Colorado, especially in the Denver area, it's not uncommon to see settling in the soil because of the bentonite clay.

Are you in Hawaii where the red clay gets tracked in?

@Clay O.

Is the old roof shingles, wood shingles, clay or cement?

@Del Crockett The foundations can have more issues where we have clay soul.