We found a tenant quickly.  

There are a lot of good resources available and proving to your potential partner a serious focus and how you are preparing besides an eventual practical experience will show that even though you may lack the credible experience, you have all the "right stuff" to get there quickly and be a good partner for him too.

My uncle is older and doesn't even use the internet so when I got him to tell me the offer prices he was getting, a quick Zillow search showed he was about to get taken advantage of.  

Overall from what I see it has depressed multi-family units on the small side (Duplexes and triplexes) and made it very attractive to invest in.

With winter coming would you be able to re-rent the place quick and easy? 

When the property came up for auction, I was quickly outbid and the property sold for just over $100,000. 

The average price of apartments, based on a quick scan of zillow, in Albany, ranged between 150,000-200,000.

Quickly realizing that it is very expensive to live out here, so it challenging to find properties that would pass the rule of thumb tests (50%, 2% rules, etc).

Tell them you will pay them cash for a quick close.

I just want to have them setup so in case I need to use them they are there for quick purchases or renovations.