If you're putting up 100% of the capital and they have no skin in the game that's a red flag to me.

Service charge if property is located in building with multiple owners (150-350 € p.a.)Also, depending of the nature of your contract you eventually are liable for stamp duty (10 % of one month rent, upon signature of the contract).In overall very dry deal.

It's like a get rich quick scheme and I fear that it is predatory in nature.  

The house has natural gas lines running to the gas furnace, the kitchen and the laundry room. 

They still maybe never to heard from, and that could just be the nature like I explained above, or it could be him.

I know none of us want to deal with natural disasters, but I'm sure it's a topic that comes up as property owners.

This might be a long shot here given the competitive nature with the addition that NYC pushes for stabilized rental units on multi families, but I am wondering if there are any real estate agents that focus on tertiary markets in NYC on 6+ unit homes. 

Then you technically have nothing to lose and the banks wants to still see you have skin in the game.

It's certainly more likely that you'll get a response than a yellow letter, but I bet you'll need some thick skin for the responses you'll get.  

Naturally, you think they are talking to you, and when you ask them “What?”