In my marketplace of Santa Barbara, where the median price for a home sells at ~$2M, I would use some of that $1M as a down payment towards a property, such as a duplex and house hack.

If you have a tenant being unresponsive, you could send an official notice with USPS certified mail so you have a track record showing you did your best to inform the tenant of their duties. 

However, if you connect with the right real estate agent in the market where you're looking to invest, they can probably get you connected to all of the individuals that you need in that local marketplace.

While it’s not expected to have a lease in place within 10 days, you can definitely expect to have an idea of where you are at in the marketplace within 10 days and if you don’t have any hits it’s best to start taking action instead of sitting on it.

Protecting bad tenants in a market place comes at a cost, it generally raises the rent for good tenants in the market place.

Speculation is always a key element as well, you cannot be afraid to go for the B/C neighborhood when the marketplace such as the bay area, is so volatile. 

The issue I find is that when I go to list my units, which are clean and moderately upgraded apartments in Little Havana and Allapattah I literally have 70 applicants in 24hrs via facebook marketplace or through the apartment rental platform my property management software interfaces with (like Apartments.com etc).So when I have 70 people lining up with first, last and deposit with no other middleman or agency impeding the process or requiring inspections or causing delays or requesting additional paperwork be filled out where is my incentive to go the section 8 route?

And if building a 'Green' house or a Leeds certified house, you absolutely have to use a tankless.... 

., send a strongly worded letter to the heirs by certified and regular mail. 

@Justin MeltonIf you have a little time, can you look on FB marketplace or OfferUp?