Since all three typically have occurred after tax sale, seem like they are setting them self up to lose, either by transfer or folks just abandoning property.  

He has 10 abandoned units, which he does not want to mess with fixing them up and selling them, so he is willing to give them to me for FREE, if I agree to REHAB and sell to an end user, so he can get butts in the seats @ $350/month park rent per pad ($3,500 in vacant rent right now)REHAB at $2,500/unitSELL for $8,500Move-In Down Payment: $1,00036 Month Note @ $250/monthROI: 53.26%/Yr What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I live in youngstown ohio and we have a lot of abandoned schools around here.  

You have to make sure that you price demo/removal of old house into your offer plus a little extra incase you have to cap a well, abandon an old septic, cut off existing public utilities, etc...

There's this long time abandoned 2/1 70s singlewide in my favorite park.

You can not legally enter the property at this point, but if it appears Vacant/Abandoned, please proceed with Caution but evaluate or inspect the property at least, and check-out the county records (Assessment info, Code-Enforcement-Violations, if any, Market-Value, etc...) before you ever place a bid on the property.Once you are comfortable with your research, determine the maximum amount you will bid, but do not overbid---as there will be Hundreds of Deals available over the long-haul.  

I was directed to the AHI through my local code enforcers (Leominster, ma)  and thought it would be a nice way to possibly obtain a property with similarity to tax deed but was wondering if anyone else has tried this ...

I will admit after getting the house under contract I kind of abandoned mailing because I didnt really have capacity to buy another deal at the time.

If a property has been truly "abandoned" it is possible to interrupt the property tax foreclosure process by paying the delinquent taxes yourself and simply using it as though it were your own.   

So I came across this house that is abandoned and Im trying to reach the owner.