Tenant is communicating with the PM, but has yet to secure assistance.

What strategies have you used to communicate and negotiate with local authorities?

Hey Ruth, my company offers a competitive service, but we also include effective SMS campaigns and consistently generate 2-4 leads per day for our clients.

All of these  software programs will consolidate your operations down to one system, give you a portal for tenant communication, maintenance tracking, document storage, etc.

.- Communicate with the county: Try to negotiate with the county officials.

I'll definitely avoid downtown and focus my search elsewhere.Getting pre-approved beforehand is a great tip, and I wouldn't have thought about clearly communicating my ideal vs. maximum budget to a realtor.

Are you looking for consistent income?

Issues take weeks to identify as senior support only communicates with their dev team via email.

The appraisals that consisting come in close to what a property actually sells for are where the subject is an income producing  property being run on a consistently and providing consistent cash flow.  

Basically, the seller told you to communicate with his agent (not to contact him directly), so please do that.