First, I know we will encounter challenges as soon as we start to move in any direction to improve our lives, I am trying to figure this out.I am starting out in this from a position of having dealt with the earned income area of money making and not being able to get work.

Most of our activity is done in a rural area where you don't encounter central water and sewer that often.

@Adam Blachnio Lack of familiarity and inability to delegate effectively to management are the biggest fundamental hurdles I see investors encountering when investing remotely.

If you are encountering situations where both units are not for sale, that is probably because the developer converted a single family rowhouse into condos.

I can't believe I am the first person to encounter this with a TK property.... 

At 62 you encounter a debilitating disease that requires you to be in a nursing home.

If you send me a PM I can tell you of the different investor specific brokerages I have encountered and why I decided to sign with KW.Best Regards,Scott

You never know what you'll encounter and the lender just wants to move it like any other seller.

If you call enough vacant properties, it's not a matter of if, but when you encounter this.Also, don't hesitate to text the owners or their relatives if they won't answer or won't call you back.  

Without knowing very much about your financials, my general thoughts would be to wait.It sounds like you would be in a very hard place if you encountered unexpected repairs, if there was an extended vacancy, or any other problems from a laundry list of other possibilities.