If you don't consider that a "failure" in terms of an investment, when you pay to lose money every month, I'm not sure what is.Owner occupancy is a different idea of course, because its also where you live. 

You can't be there, and so you need to pay others for their time and knowledge, and from my experience at the end of the day no one you are paying, cares about your investment the way you do.

That's why the original post.This is why I'm so ademant about people using the word "abandoned" when, in fact, it appears that someone does, in fact, care; at least enough to be paying the taxes.

They take care of business and are very reasonable.

I can rent from anyone, but if I have to rent, I'd love to rent from an experienced investor that I can take care of a unit for, and learn from.

Everyone has a different skill set, so be careful with any advice you get.  

Is there lawn that needs to be taken care of as well?

Depends on how big of an area and how serious the issue is.

Long term tenants of an unwanted property tend to carry with them problems for the new owners to solve.Best of luck!

Also, be careful with advice from real estate agents locally as some of them, not all, just want to sell.