If homeowners knew they had this option to wash their hands of the property for good, I don’t see why they would want to assume the potential risk of you not paying in the future.

Buy lists of owners of properties of the type you might be looking for - multi-family 2 to 4 units, or who would be motivated single family owners:  send direct mail - lots of it.I do a lot of #1 and #3. . . if you have a brand new marketing machine, you need to spend more money on #2, if your machine is 15 years old like mine and your website already ranks, and you want to target your leads to specific properties and areas rather than a blanket ad across the metro, then I spend more money on direct mail and retargeting. 

Louis for 10 years, and I went to Wash U, so although I don't have specific advice for a realtor, if your son will be going to Wash U and if you would find it helpful to hear about the neighborhoods that are most popular with students (undergrads and grad students), I'd be very happy to chat more. 

These companies are marketing machines and easily sell 50-60 properties each month.

He finished washing up in the master bath and complained of his leg hurting as he went to bed, but was still startled over what had transpired.

It's like, you wash my feet and I'll wash your entire body type of vibe.

Once you learn your market and have some buyers lined up, then you'll be ready to start scouting for properties and get your marketing machine started. 

(Or, was he right after all?)

Then, rinse wash and repeat.To answer my concern above, if I wanted to put the property under my wife's "name", I could created a land trust and afterwards pass the beneficiary to her or to a LLC that that she controls.

Sounds like you have an appreciation machine of a property.