They then proceeded to call in a handyman to look at the seal on the garage door anyway and did not call anyone whatsoever to look at the sump issue as I instructed with phone call and email until later in the afternoon the next day. 

its one way for sure but you do need to check with your state laws on dealing with those in pre foreclosure .. there are some very robust laws on the books that have teeth in them.. not all states of course but in many.. it depends also on the state in your state were foreclosures only require a small deposit to bid then you have basically a normal escrow period to come up with the rest of the money I would think it would be highly competitive .. but there are still deals I fund a court house buying company up in the Cleveland market and they still get deals when the sales were happening. 

@Zhila Hoo I believe NY has a mandated “attorney review” period and either party can cancel during this period for any/no reason whatsoever.

Multi-family is a great way to go too, and for many it takes a little time and some teeth-cutting before building up to that.  

Which makes no sense whatsoever. 

I had another deal which was a JV deal (a developer had a lot in Central/West Harlem and we were going to build a house on it which would cost $1,200,000 to build and we would sell the house for 3.2-3.5 Million dollars, but he didn't want to add my boss to the deed and my boss wasn't going to invest all that money with no guarantee on the property whatsoever.

But I would not risk your tenants living in a home potentially with raccoon urine and feces growing diseases in the attic whatsoever.

Looking to take my 10,000+ addresses and have my VA weed through the ones that have no desire whatsoever to sell that way I'm spending less time on these ones and more time talking to qualified leads that I can set appointments with. 

Your tenant can still safely watch TV, cook dinner, use the toilet, brush their teeth, sleep, etc.

I think you might want to invest in a new attorney.A lender's policy provides you as owner no protection whatsoever.