You simply need to be firm and put your foot down.

I know condition, current estimated value, ARV, price per foot, costs of repairs will all contribute to the top price I can bid.

I had just had my 3rd child in Dec 1974.

Don't get me wrong...I think it's poetic justice when a woman flaunts a gun at a child's soccer game and then gets shot in the face by her husband, but I don't argue the right of people to do it.If I felt I couldn't adequately protect myself without a gun, I'd probably carry one also.

No thanks.Have an agent pick me out a property and buy it without so much as me ever setting foot in the state?

IF it is across a paved street and you have to dig,tamp and replace paving,,your talking one thing,,,if its from a gravel alley 100 foot away it is pretty simple.You can google earth and aprox distance.

If I were you I would save it up and start on the right footing as a goog local attorney is really invaluable to your business.

was there foot trafic to view the property?

That is true too, but actually I was speaking of an extra bedroom in that storage building on the property that someone is now renting to accomodate a child of current renter.Child would still have access to main house for meals, showers, ect with the feeling of their own "apt".

If you can eliminate competition on buying REO's then they sell less per square foot in Phoenix.