The investors I normally move forward with are looking for the stability of LTR and the ease of a turnkey product.  

For notices, contact her through her normal method, but also post a notice on the house AND send a registered letter to the last known address.

Normally when the contractor disappears this means they are in jail for not paying child support.

Short term "quick money" kinds of opportunities don't really appeal to me as I view it more as gambling.

Thanks to recent clarifications from the IRS you will also be able to defer not only the capital gain and normal depreciation. 

That's not a normal experience.Dating apps are the "easy button" for relationships.

You would do much better building a cabin or 2 story place for resale.I assume that you know geodesic domes usually bring less than a comparable sized "normal" home.

Before this, I’ve come across several older multi-family buildings that lack central AC (tenants use window units), don’t have in-unit washer/dryers, or have smaller square footage.Being from Boston, these issues wouldn’t normally be deal breakers for me, but my realtor mentioned that they might be for tenants in Columbus.

Is this normal or is this part of the negotiation we can do? 

Normally, you would only depreciate based on the life of the equipment, which could be as little ten years nowadays as a recent article mentioned new refrigerators now last 10 years or less.However, for taxes, you can do a section 179 election for equipment purchased for less than $1,160.