While you're in the unit be very observant of what you see and smell.

But I definitely wanted to really introduce myself to maybe meet some others who have battled addiction and tackled real estate, or possibly others who are trying to build their empire after an unforeseen accident of any kind.

@Trish GeyerIt sounds like your husband is comfortable with you going after your first property (which is half the battle).  

We moved into this house quickly because three years ago we took in my mother who battles MS and our grandson when my daughter walked out and left him.

So they go and list it on MLS for 260 it never sells of course because its no deal.it swings back to me and sure enough.. once we dug into it a little more these guys did not realize she owed 195kk against it and it was in foreclosure.. about to be lost.. so they had it tied up  had fouled up her title by recording that document and they were going to lose out. so long story short I told them I would give them 6k and the seller 5k. and stroke a  check on the spot for 211k.. and it was done.they were lucky to get that. but they would have had no compunction ripping 100 to 150k of equity from this older lady in distress.I leveled the house built a new construction that sold for just under 750k and we made right at 200k net profit on the deal.. but I would have passed if I thought these guys were ripping this ladies equity I don't care how much I would have made I can make that on another deal and not take advantage..now granted when folks CLOSE and then resell well all bets are off and its harder to go back and see what someone paid for things.. 

If anything smells fishy, I'd walk away. 

Even if the house is habitable and the smell is contained, how long are they willing to live in that condition?

(which is difficult enough) Until they get a judgment, they have a legal battle, not something they can collect. 

This will be a slow constant battle in which they will break you or you will break them.

If the software knows everything in a certain account is for a specific property then that's more than half the battle.