I have ideas similar to what is already being done in several states, things like "tiny house" villages in urban environments, to farm/ranches. 

Based on what I've heard from them during the past several years, it is not the place to invest for reasons others members are posting here and the fact that Bend's economy is somewhat artificial with all the transplants coming in from California.  

I have been in JP court rooms with those types of PMs who are holding a stack of folders and when the name gets called they have several on the docket.

In the end they ended up a few thousand dollars in debt, evicted down to the last minute before the sheriff setout, and forced to move in with the guys parents and a several thousand dollar judgement to me for rent and a few small damages.I much prefer educating them up front with the lease and then sticking to it, filing for eviction as soon as they are late.

Hello,I am interested in buying an off market property in my area, and am wondering how to structure several offers as I know the seller is open to cash, owner-financing (as long as it has a short term), or regular mortgage type close.My target price is $265k, which I believe is more than fair as I purchased a property in the same area at a lower valuation some time back.I was thinking of offering $260k cash.

They usually charge several $100.

I'm looking for feedback from other South Floridians who have been investing down here and what their thoughts are.From what I read you should be looking for areas that are growing, areas that are cheap and going up, areas that have several big employers or areas that are right outside a big city.

I have looked at and analyzed several SMF deals in the west end (Waconia, Watertown, Delano, and the likes) and am continuing to do so, hoping to find something that my wife and I with our two kids could live in and still have a little room and somewhat of a yard for the kids to play in.

There are several ways of looking at this $2,563.

You might want to consider staggering within a window, which is what we started doing after experiencing an unusual crush of 5 houses going vacant at the same time, with several people leaving to buy homes, a couple moving out of state and another moving on to a bigger house.