Ironically, I close on a non judicial courthouse from a big portland group called Investor max or Vantage homes.

Another strategy we have been using is looking for houses with unfinished basements (typically Everett seems to have the most of these), but the caveat there is more often than not these houses are quite old (1930-50s) and can still have original knob and tube wiring, cast iron plumbing, asbestos or lead-based paint which can add a significant amount of cost to rehab without necessarily seeing a proportional return.

I see how the method works, but still have little details myself to iron out.Candace

@Dale Radcliff , welcome to BP and good luck on your career decisions.It's ironic that you feel unequipped to consider real estate investing.

OK, not me but a friend is buying a new build that is being built on a former Iron Foundry site.My environmental engineer friend said to ask for the Closure Report and get a copy of the Clean Closure Letter.Any other advice?

@Felix MenendezKinda ironic that you throw out $10,000 as the amount.  

Tier 1 insurance companies prefer properties that don’t allow BBQ grills to limit risk.

Ironically, he wrote in the email to my lender "sorry for wasting your time" as if to imply that I was the reason for the deal falling through.

The only time I am exposed to the real crime in my life is at the downtown neighborhood where I got to church, and ironically, with a few exceptions, it's the same type of petty crime I would generally associate with Birmingham.Hoover, Trussville, Helena and probably Leeds and Moody are some of the more stable areas that come to mind when investing here.