Many times a lender buys a property back at a sheriff's sale/auction where they are selling properties as part of a foreclosure.

When they snake a camera in, they know pretty precisely where the camera is and can see (to some extent) what is clogging the line.

We would like to create a partnership where we are 50/50 partners and he brings the cash and I bring the experience, knowledge, and contacts ect.

You can also do a live in flip where you use the equity to sell and reinvest down the road.

Personally if you are looking to grow in real estate going the traditional method/way of getting good properties under agreement with traditional financing will get you to where you want to go faster than trying to find all the needles in a haystack.

In addition, if this was originally an owner occupied house, there are often homestead exemptions where the first  $XX,XXX. of the value of the home aren't taxed.  

Working with the city to find a solution.There is a similar situation near me where an investor bought a short term rental house, rehabbed it, ran it for a while, and then got in trouble with the town after a neighbor complained and the town said short term rentals weren't allowed in the community. 

Where can I start finding seasoned investors and agents to talk to?

Where to get the most recent and accurate data for things like:Unemployment dataPopulation growthJob diversity and top employers in the areaVacancy rates (eg huduser.org)Property taxes and jnsurance costsI saw bp pro and reventure and a bunch of other websites provide some of this data, but i wonder how accurate and recent it is.

@Samir Haddad, where are you located at in Wyoming.