He's also an active investor in the area. well thats not true you can buy sub 100k fixers in basically every rust belt city and deep south mid west city..

Travis This is a great question and one that I've tried to get more context, as well. 

But since you still have lived in the property for 2 out of the previous 5 years you could take  the $250,000 as well as defer the rest of  the tax in the 1031.

All those other areas you mentioned are expensive as well.

my advice is to talk to @Nathan Gesner   as well.. 

Hopefully, this will entice new buyers as well!

There are other details as well such as borrower documents will have to be translated and converted to U.S. dollars in a lender approved manner.More on DSCR loans: DSCR loans won't use your income to underwrite the loan.

This is a long-term strategy for me as litigation can take years in some cases, but with a decent backlog of these types of foreclosures, especially commercial properties, it's well worth the time investment!

I offer TLAs in Bad Kreuznach and Wiesbaden as well. 

you need to use their last known address which was the rental.