A few public projects have cleaned this up but the area has never prospered since.

This allows you to test all the systems and the people involved.  

I think it speaks volumes regarding your care to the situation the heir is involved in.

Plus new folks do a very poor job of screening the buyer for Ability To Repay (ATR) which involves pulling full doc and calculating the borrowers DTI, honest income, honest debt payments, prior debt payment histor (FICO) etc etc.Plus shockingly (or shocking to sellers) if you bought this investment house, fixed it, then are selling with financing you are selling "inventory" and y9ou owe taxes on the gain in the year of sale, you are NOT able to use installment sale to spread out paying taxes. 

@Brad Kanouse I have an idea that doesn't involve drawing from your IRA.

I just want to be involved and learn more so I could achieve more eventually.

In the Bigger Pockets free book, "Real Estate Rewind", as one of the 11 co-authors I wrote about one such Tax Sale purchase and made money but not enough money to warrant the risk involved.

Trying to run a successful PMC is difficult but trying to run multiple companies - VR, Annual, cleaning, and landscaping is probably going to give you an aneurism.

I am starting to become involved in real estate investing and I am looking between two cities in Ohio to purchase my first property (hopefully a duplex).

Additionally, involve a real estate attorney to ensure the transaction aligns with legal requirements and protects both parties’ interests.