Being a chef, Bourdain was shocked that there were no stores or supermarkets within a reasonable distance of the areas he visited, but there were several fast food places that managed to stay in business.Until there are jobs for people to try to make their life better, then there will be no revitalization.Even as most folks write off those areas, there are people who still try to get some sort of positive forward progess and that is what is good about the US.

We store the storm under the streets..

So apart from searching BP for investors in your area, how about drive-by's - even contractors (especially those doing reno's) can be a valuable source of information about local investors they know of or have worked for.Hows about dropping into your local Title Co, not a BP resource, but I'll bet they'll be aware of investors who buy from them on a "regular" basis (whatever 'regular" may be in your location).Good luck.

I find, if I regularly use such an attorney, he will often send some deals my way.

I have bought this color from different stores & many different brands it always seems to look the same.I would leave the privacy fence up, most of us do like privacy.If you have to replace anything or make up grades, you want to go with more durable/indestructible features, but still want the place to look nice.  

MERS has nothing to do with loan applications, and doesn't store any such info.

If you buy in a state where they have a branch you might can get a regular loan through them as a Canadian citizen etc.If there isn't that connection and you want to own on your own then the foreign national program putting 40 to 50% down or paying all cash is the answer on the small balance stuff.You can get great terms with non-bank for 25% down but would need about 750,000 with 500,000 down, 200,000 in reserves, and 50,000 for legal and closing costs.

If you go to Lex's website, you will find countless testimonials of current and former students that are doing deals on a regular basis.

The neighborhood is a nice small area very close to schools, grocery stores, and a main road to drive to Colorado Springs.  

Also, if they were doing a price drop and the agent told his buyer about it, the price still should have been dropped in HUD home store and on mls.