Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Have proof on hand (easy enough to find) online of the missed tax payments and any documentation that supports that he specifically didn't pay his taxes.Probably a simply mistake on his part, but now if he wants to develop on it, he either has to land lease it from you or buy it back.I'm not sure how the whole tax deed thing works, so that would be something you have to figure out between the two of you.

If the management fees stay in Sch-E, it is exposed to ordinary income both at Federal and state level, which is way higher than SE taxes of 9.55% (15.75-6.2 (personal social tax already maxed out)).2.

You can cold call, door knock, do social media ads, mailers, network, etc.

As soon as you get the leases signed and proof of security deposit and first months rent deposited into your account your can use it.The question should be, do I even need to get the units leased out to qualify ?

I joke that he's the unofficial Mayor of Springfield based on all of the social and charitable activities that he does there.

Ignore the propaganda videos going around social media.

Door knock, cold call/text, mailers, social media, etc. 

He uses rental cars, boats and houses to give him credibility he does not otherwise have as he never shows proof of ownership.

I presented unrefutable proof that I was right and my comps were solid and that they should change theirs and let the deal go through.