If you have the name and date of death of the decedent, a quick Google search of obituaries should help.

Neighborhoods change block-to-block and a B neighborhood can quickly downgrade. 

Any quick notes from the book that may be helpful?

If you want the contingency in there you could write the contract dependent on getting the HML but if you already know the lender and know that he can close the deal you can make it a cash offer with a quick close. 

I am relatively new to REI, and its great to see how some people start, facing the constant "No's", and how quickly you can grow in a relatively short amount of time. 

Don't expect to get rich quick or make money with nothing. 

So I wanted to share one in case it helps someone on the fence about getting started.Going to try to give the super quick story:  There was a great property in downtown Houston. 

I'd say that it is probably determined to a certain degree by area customs. 

@Chaz Mathias I agree that the market is overheated which is why I would be budgeting to be able to list below market value for a quick sale.

If you talked to me last summer when I was sanding glue off wood stairs I would have told you this is going to be a long hard haul, but that hard work opened a lot of doors rather quickly.