I am able to work remotely, and am originally from an area near where I will be investing, but temporary relocation is inevitable for my comfort zone/investment style.

waste fluids could have been discharged into septic system.(5) you say gas station is currently vacant. have the tanks been properly closed in accordance with temporary closure requirements? 

Or camp/temporary housing for different industries that I'm sure even the builders would be surprised these things lasted more than 20 or 30 years if they were still alive. 

Perspective: the CDC estimates that 12,000 people die in the US every year from the common flue.A few years ago my wife was concerned about vacationing in Mexico, because a tourist was murdered in Mexico - we looked up homicide rate in the Quinatana Roo province and after comparing it with Milwaukee, we decided going on vacation was the safer thing to do.The housing market is driven long term buy supply and demand - everything else is just noise and has only temporary influence.

Just start with what you think you can get and see if that works for their temporary housing allotment.

Downstairs, the canned light fixtures were removed from the kitchen and dining room and temporary air vents were inserted into the ceiling space with commercial dryers blowing and circulating the air until completely dry.

Think about a temporary use to help you make the payments (like a driving range, or a dump, or temporary storage). 

Would this ( https://www.calculator.net/ren... ) be a decent temporary fix until I get the pro membership to just practice finding deals?

A few ways I have seen to get around this is to use the BRRR strategy with a company like Pine Finacail taking the temporary financing and then refinancing later when your forced appreciation meets more traditional guidelines. 

Make sure you aren't paying points for the rate; you more or less know you will be refinancing in six months or so, so best not to buy down a rate that is only temporary anyways.