The appraiser is not an affiliate of the builder.This happened during the last downturn, as well.Two things that may help:1.

At that stage in my career (then a junior software developer), it's doubtful I would have otherwise done that, and it directly led to a string of promotions and ultimately the chance to run an affiliated company.A handful of specific skills learned in class, including negotiation, financial accounting, company valuation, and basic business law.Not sure what your situation is, but if most of those would be helpful for you, then worth some consideration, but in the same way that most of the best software engineers I've known aren't formally trained in CS, most of the best business folks I've met don't have an MBA. 

I know a handyman who was charged with burglary and grand theft because they were sent by the landlord to clean out a unit that wasn't legally abandoned and the tenant later pressed charges.The following video (no affiliation) relates to Florida, but it's worth watching no matter where you are and it highlights what you need to learn and understand about abandonment the jurisdiction where your rental is located: http://www.evicttv.com/episode...Hopefully you have a security deposit you can retain to offset some of the unpaid rent and turnover costs.

I used this company last year on a house I bought in Birmingham.http://magiccityinspections.comI have no affiliation with them. 

I have no affiliation at all with Eddie Speed.

We've got multiple properties purchased and managed through their affiliates in:  Cincinnati/Dayton, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville FL/Ocala FL.Specifically, have you had issues with an affiliate or prop mgr? 

Cordell, if you can't qualify through established local Banks or Mortgage lenders, I would not get involved with any lender or affiliate of a Lender that I could not negotiate with eye to eye or reach in person.

You never gave us what job you were, so we don't know whether there is some heightened level of interest affiliated with that.

They offer insight into actual rents for individual buildings, anonymized expense data for multi-fam properties (they’re affiliated with one of the largest accounting softwares for property management companies), sales data, and owner contact info, to name a few things. 

Can any provide recommendations on quality turnkey real estate companies in the Jackson, Ms. or an out of state company that has an affiliate in the area?