If your going to do the leg work why not just brush up on your closing skills and get paid the full comish.  

You will definitely come across agents that don't know anything about your market, but brush it off and call the next one. 

As far as evictions go, I would brush up on your state's landlord-tenant laws to determine the correct dates for posting notices. 

That said, I painted a kitchen with old but custom built-ins, same as you, sprayed doors in my shop and brushed the faces.

I would suggest not getting too focused on comparing a static price ($120K) from geography A vs geography B. 

Money is not static and investors often overstate their liquidity or interest.Bill 

At times there are struggles with tenants to pay their minor portion, which can lead to eviction if they don't pay it, but, often times the tenant believes/gambles that the landlord will not pursue that route.On the other hand one should not paint all people living in a bad neighborhood with a broad brush as being destructive.

This is a good opportunity to brush up on your State laws concerning abandonment. 

Either your PM knew the heat was out for far longer than he's admitting, the tenant hasn't paid rent and the PM is afraid to go after it, or the PM is keeping the money.I recommend you fire them immediately and then file a complaint with the Ohio Commission: https://com.ohio.gov/static/do...

Brush up on protected classes in Fair Housing Laws.