The MLS is great but remember everyone has access to it. 

Because you occupy the residence, most local banks will give you 95% access to the line of credit.

Hopefully you can gain access and get the property cleaned up.

I don’t find the app helpful and I’m not finding it easy to access videos or other info.

I work full-time, so I am not interested in doing real estate as my day job right now, I just wanted to obtain the license to have access to the MLS and to help with our future flips and rentals that we acquire.

If you are remote, Oakland gives you a lot of inventory with great lifestyle (food, accessibility, etc) and a bette price, but the schools are lackluster (although changing).We did the live-above-tenants thing for a year, and enjoyed it because our tenants were incredible but candidly were ready to move. 

They should have smart locks with changing access codes upon checkout.

Our safety net was our investments which we did not want to dip into.I ended up having to apply to multiple institutions for lending and although it’s been tricky, five months later, we were finally able to access capital.  

People buy properties in non-drivable markets constantly, and in general this is what David Greene's book Long-Distance Real Estate Investing is about. 

I plan to develop this land into 7 (5) acre lots providing access, power, fiber to lots edge.