However, since I've helped them integrate online bookings the property is turning a modest profit.My career and home is now 3 hours away where managing the 6 cabin property would seem impossible.  

Knocked on the owners door.

Again your example was correct as there are some times small limbs that might fall and damage a roof, but there is also the chance of a storm knocking a whole tree on a home which is a whole different story.

If you can get in a lower down conventional 70k runs a lot further if you are stuck at 25% you are limited to 280k, and that might knock out some markets for the property types you are looking for.If you want to talk more about the Boise market would love to chat just hit me up!

But if I had it to do all over again, I'd have started with a license rather than the school of hard knocks.

You can literally knock this out tomorrow. 

Look up the pros and cons of online auctions before you get into serious problems.We knocked on doors and tried to buy properties a few days before tax auctions and the property owners laughed at us because they knew they were going to get more money for the house than if they sold it the conventional way and they didn't have to show the house or make any repairs.

I'm pulling lists of properties to door knock, but when I look up the owner on the county's website it says that it is co-owned by the county.

Sometimes we have to accept that our lost money is just tuition in the school of hard knocks.

If you're buying cash and can knock everything out in a few weeks, you might be able to get a few stragglers in for the next school year.