An easy way to accomplish this at your age other than building credit the slow and arduous way is becoming an authorized user on a family members credit card who has good credit.

@Sagar JoshiIf your living conditions make the premises uninhabitable then call your local building authority and report it to them.

This book is your launching point.I am the author and have been a high school business teacher for 20 years.

We paid for a membership on the foreclosure-specific BP site but, when we click on a particular property, there is no 'call to action' link where you can see if a property is on a public auction site, whether it will be auctioned by a local government authority, or whether it is banked-owned. 

I was reading through the landlord tenant guide for Virginia Beach and came across:Every nonresident property owner shall appoint and continuously maintain an agentwho (i) if such agent is an individual, is a resident of the Commonwealth, or if such agentis a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other entity, is authorized totransact business in the Commonwealth and (ii) maintains a business office within theCommonwealth.This makes it seem like  you have to have a property manager. 

This thread has lots of good advice, although I think this is one of those rare instances where going to the neighbor directly might not be the best first move.It looks like the general consensus is that he probably won't respond positively to your request, and then subsequently if you go to the authorities he's going to know who dropped the dime on him, and now you've got a feud with your neighbor. 

If it is a Corporate entity, you also need a copy of their Corporate Resolution authorizing the expenditure/rental agreement.

I offered more bait stations and traps but she got belligerent and accusatory, demanded a professional exterminator, declined further help from me, and announced she was talking to the Housing Authority and an attorney about the mice situation.

Also, it is not uncommon for Boards to take actions they have no legal authority for.

Some housing authorities may require new leases or renewals in a case like this (and it sounds like you may or may not want such, especially if there is a minimum term involved).