I would also suggest you stay in contact with Curtis because he if very knowledgeable and helpful with RE investing.You can sign up for the meeting here or you can go to Olympia REI Group on Meetups and sign up. 

Might be a little long winded but I don’t really know who else to ask and there seems to be a lot of knowledgeable individuals on here.

I am not going to lie, without the help of the podcasts and books I probably would not have built up the courage to go forward with making this deal happen since it is out of state, but when you feel prepared and knowledgeable anything is possible. ( Big thanks to David Greene for this !!

I listened to Episode259 with Mike Anderson, I really enjoyed his “no-nonsense” approach to real estate, but I have been wanting more from the podcast and with this guy’s knowledge in particular.

Due to my experience, knowledge of the tax code, and comfort with different capabilities of various versions of TurboTax, I am very comfortable doing my own tax returns with TurboTax. 

Black pipe is not too bad, it's just the labor and knowledge to do it that really gets you.If you have the aptitude to do this, you can go for it.Option 2: Meter it yourself and manage the billing yourself ---> We looked into this but it just didn't sound like something we wanted to mess with and even with this, it would heavily depend on your existing configuation as far as the cost/feasibility. 

Figure out what you want - would you like to be released from the lease and move to a place with a knowledgeable and ethical landlord, or do you want to stay there and be firm with enforcing tenant-landlord law with him?

So after we get to know the city officials the permitting process all that knowledge had to be relearned in the next small town.

There is a wealth of knowledge here -- I am always searching for answers to weird questions.  

Dan, to my knowledge NY does not have any statutes in the books concerning "abandoned" tenant property.