Although it does get a bit more sketchy heading further west towards Hovey...still though, not a war zone.Both of my tenants are on Section 8 and I have not had any issues whatsoever.

Like, "Can I use nail polish to paint my teeth white?"

They are rare as hen’s teeth on investment property, especially in an LLC. 

Considering the place is likely a full gut to the studs rehab dump, which is making them no money whatsoever the past 6 years and is costing them a large tax bill they obviously do not value the place that much if it has gone this long uninhabited. 

It takes time to build relationships with building owners (property managers also often have access to premarket deals through their client network) before you start actually making deals this way, which is the main value agents bring as they have been developing these relationships with buyers and sellers for years and have junior brokers willing to cut their teeth by making thousands of these calls to generate deal flow.

@Patrick Spearman Being able to get title insurance is Much more important than the type of deed offered.I’ve bought multiple properties by Wuit Claim (which assures me of nothing) and foreclosure auction properties (no guarantees whatsoever) and got title insurance on all of them. 

I do not recommend ever issuing a late notice, as was recommended above, as it doesn't have any teeth.

Initially, 95% of the time, she didn't care or rolled her eyes when REI came up;  to be fair, she also didn't hinder my REI whatsoever. 

I didn't go to the office a single time so the "perks" didn't have any value to me whatsoever. 

We cut our teeth early with a difficult closing on property #1, and it made closing this gem that much easier!