I forgot to mention that I work in NYC and wont be driving to work.

If the owner of the other side essentially allows their half to become 'distressed' your property value will suffer a great deal more.

i am really excited to learn something new. except habitat, does anyone else sell cheap mirrors that wont fall apart?

The attorney said "you might get lucky and Bob wont even respond to the suit - you could win by default woohoo!." 

Managing your condo from afar wont be easy or free so I would sell it before you move.

If the seller is really suffering from poverty related issues with no friends or family to assist, it's an emergency and needs to be reported to Adult Protective Services.

I've done a lot of research (as much as publicly available) and everything seems to point to the Longview economy suffering really bad.  

I could be wrong but I would guess you should learn a little more about this business before you actually do something, as if you somehow did find a deal you wont truly know what to do.  

I found that If I was doing hands on Land lording I was not able to work other deals as well and one or the other suffered.

Dont waste your time trying to assume the loan as that wont happen.