You have to skip the sellers who aren’t desperate yet (thinking they can get $1500 for their $3000 sofa) and focus on the ones who just want it gone and the ones who are moving very shortly and are desperate for it to be moved out so they don’t have to pay someone $100/hour to move it.

@Riley Johnson pay for a people search or "Skip Trace"  You can even hire a private detective. 

Check to see who his next of kin is through skip tracing.

Another question we will have to wait and see.Also if the areas with Covid non-rent-pay laws require the tenants who skip the payments to pay them back, similar to the loan forbearance being offered on some loans.

I had a tenant skip town left behind a entire house full of junk.

If you skip a year (or ten) like many Landlords do, you'll eventually find yourself so far behind that a large increase is required and then it becomes difficult.

That only appeals to people with very young children, so unless that is your market I would skip it because the vast majority of adults want the walk in shower.

With a home warranty, if you are budgeting money for cap ex and maintenance you should end up way ahead in the long run skipping a home warranty.

So I will skip them.

Don't skip steps - do the read if you're in the biz.Best to you in 2014