I own a rental property in the area that I recently discovered had a small lean against the title that I need some help getting resolved.

The pros are having access to the MLS, saving the commission or making the commission, being licensed to broker sales, building a career with brokering, etc.

Start saving some money up in the meantime so you at least have some available cash.  

For reference, here is my current default log with POL -- as indicated some of these have been non-performing for many months/years but there has been almost zero movement/action by the POL "asset management" team at resolving.

My wife and I staged the property ourselves and saved a few thousand by doing so.

They also have 1% or greater interest on both checking and savings

We have the capacity to save around $4,000 a month or so from my paychecks and want to begin saving as much as possible for a future down payment on our first property.

If the heat is radiators from a boiler, you have to separate the supply piping and return piping for each unit, then you need the extra boilers as well; you might be able to re-gun the oil boiler with something like a Midco Economite to save some money on a boiler, assuming existing boiler is in good condition and not too oversized for the biggest rental unit.One thing to point out is that you will now have multiple burners.

We tried to resolve the issue with the office manager, but eventually had to stop payment. 

***Renting in the area is thriving because people are unwilling to pay market value for a house, unable to save for a down payment or uneducated on the minimal cost barrier of entry to home ownership.