He's also pretty hot on the hardwoods.

Does anyone have any tips on how to find prime "hot spots" around town or know any reliable ways to find foreclosed houses?

Texas had done very well during the market down turn and is hot as fire cracker now.  

Data that trends one way may mean future boom times (or a future all-Pro player) in one case, but a hot mess in another.I don't mean to poo-poo the discussion, I have strong opinions on the effects of quantitative easing, the willingness of banks to engage in certain types of lending such as mortgages, the regulations and backing of such lending, and data/examples that have led me to those conclusions and love to debate them with knowledgeable folks like here on BP!

I have put nearly $`13,000 in electrical  rewiring of both units, painting, new ceiling fans, and a new hot water boiler for the un-rented unit.

Right now the DMV is hot. 

I had a talk with my X CFO  this week about this very same thing.. she is now CFO at one of PDX bigger HML  they are about 50 million.. and they are cognizant and worried about how they will compete against the CF.I was instrumental in getting both of these crowd funders properly licensed in Oregon. which is a Red hot market for a lender ...

The house I grew up in wouldn't cool below 78 when it got really hot, really couldn't go more than 20 degrees below the exterior. 

Check the plumbing - I prefer to always run new hot/cold risers and laterals before you start renting, as it will never be an easier time and you can sleep well at night knowing there will be no calls from tenants about a water leak!

Enter new to home buying guy and wife looking to buy a home in San Antonio to live in then rent out.Home listed for $220k it was a flip and was purchased for $60k less than a year ago.Exterior looks wonderful, inside looks great.Original 100yr+ hardwood floors, everything looks very shiny.As we are walking around we start flipping switches, flushing toilets etc.One toilet in particular makes a very gurgly sound that doesn’t seem right and some hall lights don’t work.Our RE agent is all about telling us to hire a General Inspector which will cost about $400 to inspect the property and tell us if anything needs to be fixed.As we look around we start to see more problems.There is a place in the roof where the roof has raised away from the house leaving a sizeable hole to the attic.There is no drip edge along the roof.The breaker box has empty slots in it that let us see into the drywall.Knowing this was a flip we investigated on another Texas State website to look at all the filed permits for the new electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and roofing, and got nothing.No permits filed at that house.Red flag?