He was a bit of a hero as the landlord was getting good rent paid every month, the artists had a good cheap space to live and work and he was paying zero rent. 

With proper investment, I plan to acquire properties with failing septic systems cheap and satisfy title 5 using alternative plumbing systems.

If the city allows you to purchase the homes, they would certainly be very cheap.

You already have utilities on site, so its a cheap solution and highest possible return if its a slow market with low home values.

Yes, it is too cheap to not have it done.

It's cheap, user friendly and most accounting people are familiar with it, so getting help is pretty easy. 

There are some cheap houses but some of them aren't in the best of areas.

All companies are roughly similar when it comes to commission splits, marketing costs, fees, etc. it's not cheap so I recommend you speak with a few different ones and find out what best will suit your needs.

If it is in Bethesda MD It is probably  cheap at the $204k price even if you paid cash!

I see cheap Cleveland properties marketed to out of town investors virtually every day that are basically ripoffs.