The upper tenant doesn't even have the gas activated for whatever reason. 

Ready for a second deal, I have come across a private sell in a slightly sub-par area of town (I would guess C to C- neighborhood) close to the older down town/industrial district (I live in Hobbs, NM, an oil and gas town hugging the west Texas border).

Justin Seng you need to have the mentality that 99 percent of all reasons tenants give you for not paying rent or paying late aren’t valid.

This house was built in 1920 so it’s either they stuck with coal until gas lines were installed, they had above ground tank and they removed all the piping, or they removed the tank long time ago (town doesn’t have record of tank removal permit) or it’s somewhere under the front porch which is reinforced concrete porch.

Right now in particular, I'm currently fighting with the hot water tank & gas furnace, hoping to find someone who could check those out without me having to contact a major company to come out for a service call and then be upsold into purchasing a new unit.

Now you can check to make sure the Dr note is valid.

This is a little more complicated that other closing, and will require you have valid trust documentation that lists you personally as the beneficiary. 

Signing a docusign + creating accts for her with gas, water, electric, takes less a miniscule amount of time in comparison to even opening a HELOC, finding investment properties, etc.

PGW (Gas) Liens - courts.phila.govWhile i understand the importance of running a title search, that could be a very expensive process for 30+ properties and i am trying to complete as much basic due diligence as possible before narrowing down on those properties that absolutely require a title search. 

At the time I thought I might be potentially making the financial mistake of my life and I did not know anyone local to validate what I was doing.While the cash flow was nice and I had proof of concept I found that a duplex required more management attention than I could handle with an international job and gone most of the time.