Especially if interest rates really do rise as they're expected to in the next few years, young professionals will be looking for a way to invest in their future with real estate but may not have the bandwidth to buy a house.

At 1,000-1,200 per door rent (demand downtown here is crazy), I am trying to see if it would make sense.

Look them up in your local county assessors website for the owners mailing info and send them a letter or leave a letter at their door. 

values in Richmond lag the rest of the Bay Area , but still rising and value over there for sure.  

And many of them are total scams that never do any of those things for you and just charge you to pay your bills for you.Prices are softening in the DFW area, and with interest rates set to rise I think prices will continue to bump along or maybe even decline in some areas. 

The unit calculation of about $35K - regardless if it is apartment doors at $25K and houses at $45K -  makes this a low value asset with the potential of significant capital expenses.

I have multiple single family homes and duplexes in the same area and I'm paying $35-40/door/month, but the quotes I'm getting are $42 or higher.

Research showed a murder occurred next door in November.

My plan is to to start with all the exterior work first (roof, siding, deck, windows and doors) and make it very attractive at least on the exterior, and begin marketing the house to some home buyers who are looking for a project where they can have their input if they buy. 

The court said, "Too bad, that's the rule," but they used a lot more words.Older cases say that "permanent improvements" also means any repairs done to the property.If the investor rents the property out, and the borrower redeems, the investor can keep all rents collected up until the date of redemption.If the investor also owns other liens against the property, such as buying up old judgment liens against the borrower, then the borrower must also pay the full payoff amount of those liens in order to redeem.If the owner of the real estate also owns the note that gave rise to the mortgage that was foreclosed, then the borrower must pay the full balance of the note in order to redeem, not just the amount bid at the foreclosure.