We may just leave it in my husband's name because of that.

I'll leave" At this point he softens up a bit and says -- " it's OK man..

Also, if I have postcards can I leave them in the mailbox of distressed properties I see or do I have to mail them to the house.

Some people may leave but those that stay will certainly need a place to live.

I'm looking to get into investing with hopes of it allowing me to eventually leaving my corporate job.  

Dont leave home without it

Could you finance future properties in a commercial loan, leaving the existing loans in place?  

Smaller banks and commercial lenders may allow an assumption but rarely as they would rather make a new loan and an assumption may not have any new buyer's skin in the game, not a good lending practice.

How would you all go about evaluating the value of a property, when prices 12 months ago were high, however, the oil scare has nobody buying leaving houses stale on the market.Sellers are still believing their house is valued like in 2014-15 and lack of migration due to job growth slowdown has buyers holding off.

Based off my house which is in the same HOA my rough estimates are:ARV is about $130kRent would be in the $1300-1350 rangetaxes and insurance run about $475maintenance would be about $130 (10%)cap ex $130 (10%, property is about 40 yrs old, most exterior work is covered under HOA) management $130 (10%, planning on the possibility to hand it over to a manager)vacancy $130HOA is about $175This totals costs to be about $1150-1200, which doesn't leave room for a mortgage.