and soil conditions can make owning rentals there NOT profitable for out of state investors. although with your down stroke you will most likely do fine..

BUT, I will say this - there’s a fair amount of un-buildable ground and tainted soil near Hill AFB.

Any leads regarding economical structural engineer, soil testing  and foundation work would be much appreciated. 

There had been termite damage and rot and they ended up having to rip out the floor and subflooring and replace a number of floor joists and actually used a car jack to jack them up and put in new supports underneath.

Look and see what is underneath.

Start with these 4 steps:1. contact a Real Estate Attorney who will gladly help with the writing sales contacts and will close the sale for you.   2. contact a Mortgage Broker & Bank Loan Officer to refer potential buyers to so they can get pre-approved if they don't already have a legit qualification Letter   3. contact one of the sign post companies to come out and plant the typical real estate post in the yard to hang your FSBO sign 4. have a FSBO sign professionally made with a rider sign underneath By Appointment ONLY with your cell number.5. put together a flyer with pictures and info, sales price, etc. to email potential buyersInitially, you'll get all the neighbors calling, acting like potential buyers to see what you are asking for the property. 

A vague foreboding that it could all go terribly wrong, that you never really know, that one day we could get a call that the whole building had gone up in smoke, or a giant sinkhole had opened underneath it, or a particularly bad windstorm had flattened it, or bad wiring caused one of the tenants to be electrocuted, or, or, or...We are all afraid of failure, and worst of all, failure right at the beginning of something, a failure that completely exposed our incompetence for all the unkind people we all know to laugh at behind our backs.

It is 5 bedrooms, five bathrooms, and about 3200 square feet and a very desirable location.That square footage does not include the full basement that is underneath.

A civil/structural engineer for soil samples and understanding of site for building and also site grading. 

I have not seen many do that.on our bare land subdivisions we do that .. also we test the soil for certain elements if its been farmed heavily..