If you are laser focused on specific properties, door knock the owners if they are local.

Do I understand correctly that we cannot turn the electricity and water off, despite that it is under the owner name, not under tenant?

You can get a low down payment multifamily property and if there is enough left you can use the remainder for a non-owner occupied investment property.

It would be valid to assign the business account under the name of the owner who is more actively involved in managing the property.

I am a very flexible time in my life so I am looking for opportunities country wide and not limiting myself have not been this motivated in a long time and I am very excited to learn all that I can to make myself into a better investor and business owner.

I'm looking to get a loan for my first non-owner occupied rental property but my current lender is telling me my debt to income ratio is too high due to my student loans and mortgage.

Look for "For Rent" or "For Sale By Owner" signs. 

The owner doesn't have the bandwidth to finish the renovation and has put it up for sale as-is, asking $2.5 million. 

I actually cringe when we get property management leads and it's a big owner like that.

If the owner redeems the tax lien; you get your lien amouint, interest on your lien amount and the high bid premium back. in the example above you would pay $8952 the day of the sale and if you are able to foreclose you would pay $41,058 to get your deed when the time comes.