The buyer ought to have been educated enough to know what rehab was needed on his own before he bought it, but then it comes back to how comfortable you are with the sales tactics you used with him when you assigned it to him.

Control the property - with some creative delaying tactics.

Ken, Amazing tactics to get the property to sell.

I will have to practice a few of those tactics and see my results.

So I'd assume as an investor that would be a great negotiation tactic for your coming in. :)Duane

However, one tactic I've used to start getting attention is to put together a document which outlines your investing strategy and the criteria you're planning to use in buying properties.

Have any non-local landlords/PMs had success with this tactic?

I could see this posing a problem for your marketing tactics as you would be reaching out to the owner of one unit and having to equally contact the owner of the other unit.    

You really need to learn real estate and a bit of financing before this tactic is attempted.

Also, this tactic runs risk for the investment if not completed in the proper sequences.