When I go into a market I typically build relationships with wholesalers and do my own direct to seller marketing.

However, it started to get a bit tough since he is no longer in communication with neither me nor the seller and he is living in the house.

Unless you're direct to a seller, you'll often find yourself with tight margins which equates to losing in the end.Here in Texas, I’ve gone through hundreds of deals this year and maybe half a dozen deals were worth the investment.

Crowdfunding withing the US residents has a lot of regulation and that's the only barrier as far as the custody of crypto even though difficult not impossible but the actual asset t's risky also because it is a volatile asset and any cryptocurrency therefore for US residents unnecessary to raise funds through (unless using stable coins) crypto since the US dollar is what most end seller would require.

Just want to get ideas - areas to look into, pricepoints, demand, value growth etc.

@Ben Azubuike it's technically too late to add anything else if you've already signed a purchase contract.You can try to negotiate with the seller for review of:LeaseRent LedgerTenant approval criteriaAt closing you also want acceptable copies of tenant's: DL, SSN, paystub, bank statement, phone & email.

Getting a few tenants a year really doesn't demand perfect systems.

You can do as little as 0% down and maybe even get money back at closing if you can implement seller credits into your offer during the inspection period or prior to going in contract. 

Give a written warning and demand they correct the violation within X days.

Anywhere that people get assigned temporarily or have seasonal demand could make for a good mid term rental.