So, talk to investors and ATTORNEYS in your state and find out if hitting home owners in pre-foreclosure is legal and won't bite you later on.The other thing to be on watchout is if there are liens and encumbrances that will get you stuck , because investors will do their own title search and find out the price you assign the house to them is just a part of a larger bill they have to pay to own it. 

Without the exemptions the bill is $4,000+.

@Damein White some great points by others concerning increases in rental rates and/or lowering of energy bills than a guaranteed increase in resale price.

Hi @Bill Exeter!

The owner lives a few hours away and is selling off most of her rentals but this one is too much for her to deal with any more being so far off and it being a lower class type community, she claimed the tenants are all loyal bill payers even through covid.

Quote from @Bill J Fay: As others have suggested, C4K is easiest.

Quote from @Bill B.: How long will it be vacant?

But it's not federal law, it's MD Bill which didn't pass in 2023.

Accordingly, I elected NOT to pursue defamation charges or to recover the almost $400 electric bill that I paid while the property sat vacant. 

We use the rent to pay 90% of our bills and see at least a 10% return on our appreciation every year, year after year.