I should've kept buying real estate instead of hustling my way into movies, but it worked out and I'm coming full circle.

There's a movie I saw that documented the 2008 crash.

Purchase the property from your example and now monthly debt increases to 2.9k and monthly income increases to 5.9k, new DTI=49%I believe to do this strategy numerous times you would a.) need to get smoking deals or b.)have a high monthly income 

“Make no mistake, this bill doesn’t do anything to change the power of local governments when it comes to dealing with good-neighbor policies that affect the neighborhood.Fischer said the measure was based on “common-sense” feedback from numerous “stakeholders.”The House plan is now headed to the floor for a vote.

You used some form of creative financing for each one and each one had numerous complications and hurdles that you had to solve to make them work. 

BiggerPockets forums have numerous other tactics you can take to increase rent if you really want to raise rents.

Multiple thefts and numerous police calls involving suspected drugs led me to believe this property would be a nightmare to manage and keep a tenant otherwise it would have been a fantastic keeper.

Multiple thefts and numerous police calls involving suspected drugs led me to believe this property would be a nightmare to manage so Id id not keep to rent.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

as a Realtor I’ve shown numerous fixer uppers and flips to the same sets of clients (non-investors).

For example, if the accessed value is $400K (a real possibility if it has been owed since the 1970s), the prop taxes will be less than $5K/year (prop tax is safe to assume no more than 1.25% of accessed value (there may be somewhere in the state that is higher than this but this is safe percent to use)).So you may want to determine the property tax due before worrying too much on if they have to be paid prior to assets being dispersed as there will be numerous other bills that will need to be paid prior to the assets being dispersed (utilities, gardeners, etc.).Good luck