They stop rent and communication.

I'm assuming you're referring to residential (SF and MF) properties that are vacant, is that correct?

. ;-)  While I wait for delayed communication from them, I am looking for alternate management in the Canton area. 

the market is unforgiving right now, and if you buy a random property by looking on Zillow and turn it over to people you don't know to manage, you'll lose money.with respect to your specific question, if the property is safe, clean, and priced correctly, it will rent. but that doesn't mean you'll make money on it. 

I would confirm the other four owners and would not buy there is they were all the same family, it will just be miserable most likely trying to deal with 4 against 1 (unless they all hate each other).Your second concern is valid and correct.

Literally everything one should, or shouldn't be, do, know, act, will all be correctly guided from those 3 words. 

I have made a career of telling people no and not worrying about it because it's the correct answer.On the inside, the core value I push the most is family.

However, I know that I do not want all my income to be reliant on my day job and live to watch my retirement account grow.I am probably doing better than a lot of people my age but am eager to take the correct steps to build a real estate portfolio.

(I was communicated that their was a kitchenette permit pulled for the garage by my real estate agent during the purchase process. )Any suggestion for temporary solutions for this would be greatly appreciated.

I'm a nice guy and I'd love to help her, but now I feel like I'm down to documented, official communications only.