It also would be a weird letter to send to a lot of the duplexes here in town, because most of them are in subdivisions full of identical properties.At this point I think it's basically gambling unless you're committed to mailing the same addresses 8-10 times minimum over the course of several months.

I work a normal 9-5 job and I am looking to have some passive income.

I'm going to assume your rent is normally due on the 1st; if not received by then the eviction process can begin.Gail

If you just have a "tired" property then you can normally go FHA as long as both sides are willing to work through the inevitable issues. 

Would you take the liability of someone else's work whose license is under investigation for less money than you would normally get for the same job?

In normal times this would be a mild inconvenience but with the market the way it is, everyone mentioned above is so completely overwhelmed with the amount of work coming in, I'm a bit worried how long all of this will take.

We then have to cut a manual check to cover.Are you saying that for normal operations, they have a system in place to monitor & pay the taxes?

Normally there is no need for multiple accounts other than an operating account and a trust account for deposits to remain segregated.

However, in this crazy Dallas market I think it is more of a gamble; since nothing cash flows, I would be banking on the property appreciating vs bringing in passive income.

What you claim to be unreasonable is actually the normal process that all Section 8 landlords participate in.