So on HUDForeclosure.com you can purchase a functioning/decent house that could be instantly rented for $85K in a class B neighborhood with a market value of $172K that rents for $1500. 

This does not mean I am advocating taking out the largest mortgage you can; it just allows you to be more flexible.Hope this helps!

Some relevant financials are below...any help from the crowd would be appreciated as if like to explore this and do a 1031 in two years.Current rent - $850 Current property value - $75kishNo current mortgage Located outside Houston and appreciating at around 4% a year If tenant moves I'd do maybe $20k in renovations to update kitchen, floorplan and exterior siding but house is functional

At the time of purchase the equipment was non-functioning junk. 

The co-op is larger than the largest bank (BofA).Co-opcreditunions.orgI returned a cashiers check mistakenly written to me for $1,000,000 by BofA. 

It is the largest commercial piece of property available in this region.

One thing I do note in it that out of the area people might not be familiar with is that Montgomery County is the largest jurisdiction in the area by far at about 50% larger than DC itself. 

I began using cozy after erent imploded and really liked the functionality of erent.

Attend the conferences, networking events, deal making functions.

You just want to ensure that all of the major functions have been upgraded - like no more knob and tube wiring, for example.