Plus there was no code enforcement in 1966 nor computers.

The house has since appreciated significantly, I make money on it every month, and the 7k is just a distant memory.

So when you have more money then you ever need it becomes about your life legacy and what you want your life to be on a daily basis and the memories you create for yourself, your family, your future family generations, and your clients.

Going off very vague memory but believe that same family built and sold but kept the land.

Auction.com. bid on it. stay by your computer until you win.

If the lockbox on the door is an electronic one, have your agent pull the recorded accesses thru the computer program for the lockbox.  

BS in Finance and currently working on a BS in Computer Engineering.My goals in real estate are followingenough income to pay for my basic cost of living (housing/food)enough income to pay my student loansenough income to fund my Roth IRAenough income to feel comfortable focusing my time and energy pursing endeavors, whether they are work related or not, that I enjoy and find stimulating.My strategy to do this is via rental properties near hubs of workers/tenants that are somewhat systematically immune to the ups and downs of the general economy (i.e. universities and hospitals).

Meaning even after paying your dues you wouldn't have direct access to the MLS on a home computer?

New York and California however often can be dramatic ($400-$500K per door) but in most of the other states the variance shouldn't be too drastic.Of course the sample can always be controlled just like a regular RE comp to utilize mostly companies that operate in markets similar to yours to refine the accuracy of the product.You can also use sites like loopnet to gather the sales price of apartments listed in a similar market along with the number of rooms to compute average price per door/room.

You can setup categories, create users with different permissions, etc.When you start a flip you 1: setup a new account 2: create categories (ie, kitchen, bath, plumbing, landscaping, etc, etc) 3: as you make purchases take pictures of the receipts via the phone app and choose the category 4: via the web browser (computer) portal you the administrator can go through and verify all the incoming receipts 5: then you can create reports showing who's spending how much on what very easily"