Depending on the land and your game plan, you may or may not be able to make money at a 'flip'.

Then it became a "they must have did it, because I certainly didn't flush anything" game.  

It honestly has never come in to play for me.

Option 1) Offer significantly higher with a conventional loan and hope they go for it over a cash offer.Option 2) Do a 203k loan (which I'm positive they will just ignore)Option 3) Hard money loan so we can play with the cash guys...?

Next it should state that any monies collected from the tenant will be applied first to the balance of the tenants unpaid utilities and then to the rent.I am not an attorney and I don't play one on television.

You’ll get a whole bunch of excuses but just point out the contract you covered with them and play it off as “following previous contract set in place”.

Many disabilities would preclude someone from being in the military and/or a 1st responder position.I won't even pretend to know how something like this would usually play out. 

Outside of meeting with an "investor friendly" agent while in each city, what other in-person tasks should I try to accomplish to gain a better understanding of the potential upside to the rental markets.I have renovated and rented a multifamily property before so I'm not completely new to the game, but analyzing out of state farm areas is a relatively new path that I have yet to explore. 

To simplify things, I like think of repositioning MF properties as just flipping “bigger homes”, but I know it’s a different animal completely, especially the part of managing the income/expense game with inherited tenants.

The best way is to get stabilized and get your feet back under you before jumping back into the game.