I posit that many of the things that investors do border on the unethical in at least a few peoples eyes (talking a seller into taking the smallest sliver of equity in exchange for their property so I can maximize my own gains sounds pretty unethical to me) and that the only person doing something actually illegal in this case might be the lender if they knew the intention of the buyer.

I can use guidance in choosing a target city in Northwest Indiana, referrals to assemble my team (especially a very well qualified real estate CPA), and to let me know of local meet-ups near the southwest suburbs of Chicago where there are robust discussions regarding investing over the border in Indiana.

So now I'm looking at 3 separate houses on the same street, different addresses, and 2/3 bordering each other. 

I've seen south carolina work recently as well, but literally across the border in Fort Mill where the rent commands so much that it makes up for the nearly double SC taxes as a rental. 

So, the owner is deceased.. so I can't get any help from him... and according to code enforcement, these liens were issued back in 2015. 1 of the liens is  demolishing the existing mobile home without a permit... which is an ongoing lien... the other 2, I think were nuisance liens (which means, not cutting the grass, etc).   

Through him I came to realize all of the opportunity south of the border.

Thanks in advance for any help.It's very unlikely you can get a personal loan on the property using a quit claim deed based on a deceased owner.

I used to run a turnkey, and a resell company in both NC and SC border towns, Basically a 60 mile radius around Charlotte NC. 

The owner is deceased, the home needs substantial work and the heirs have been given an amount owed to the reverse mortgage company or an option to turn the home over to the RM company in lieu of repaying the "mortgage". 

It took two weeks for them to figure out the deceased's workload and delegate it to other offices.