You may be able to confirm their most recent address through some online resources like whitepages.com or on their credit report and then look up the owner.

A great resource that's a one to one for starting with you own capital is the Private Lenders podcast. 

I have 8 properties that I have rented through section 8 now and didn't need any additional resources than the one freely available to he public from the housing authorities.

I am in the process of analyzing my next purchase and I was curious what resources people use to gauge how much they could rent a property for.  

Tip #1 - no such thing as one perfect market There is lots of data on Bigger Pockets and MTR experts that have released rankings of top cities for next year, but remember it's not just about the purchase-- it's also about the operation.

I assume documentation was a top priority here when discovering the property's conditions.

Happy to send over some resources regarding the Columbus Ohio market and why it's a great market to invest into. 

I totally understand the excitement learning and dreaming of becoming rich one day, and you are left to regret that you would have been on top, if you never did the investment. 

Kitchens:-I've been playing around with more expensive quartzite counter tops following the same principle as tile: not a lot of square footage and can really make the kitchen standout.

Happy to send over some resources regarding the Columbus Ohio market and why it's a great market to invest into!