A vacant house to the studs is a liability - fire, kids parties, theft, injury, possible lawsuit plus she has a mortgage that we guess she pays $1000 a month.

There are also good groups down in your neck of the woods. 

Throwing $ at problems is NOT an investor action, you have to put that neck-weight to work and formulate all the potential actions and directions available, pro's and con's.

I have been investing in Columbus from afar, I am in you neck of the woods, I live in Manhattan.

Heard good things about both.Make sure if you are raising money...even from friends and family that you stay SEC compliant....never a good situation to have Feds breathing down your neck....

His portfolio is a weight around his neck.

I'd be happy to introduce you to some of my friends in your neck of the woods.Few questions for you: What is your intended strategy?

Or worse, the loss of life, injury and damage that can occur with inoperable smoke/CO alarm devices.

We do not deal in that neck of the woods.

Most likely the state where the property is located is where lawsuits would be brought if they are something for personal injury like a trip and fall or something of that nature because the “cause of action” arose in that state.