I bet you could have a list of PM's and make some calls within an hours time. 

If they refuse to give it, you can follow the abandonment law of your state.I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that what they left behind was junk furniture and trash.

Your best bet may be to add some equity with a multi-family.

A CPA - not Google - is your best bet.

If you have a deal, getting it in front of investors with capital and pitching it is probably your best bet. 

I don't do it all the time, but I use it as an additional tool for someone that is marginal.When a 50-year-old man with a credit score of 820 applies for one  of my rentals, I don't call his references or otherwise dig into his background because he's a sure bet. 24-year-old with a 610 credit score that just moved here to start a new job as a cook?

Other than that, your best bet is to get in touch with some wholesalers or start generating your own off-market leads. 

Some days I have a hard time deciding which deals to spend time analyzing, versus just skipping over it and looking for a better “first glance” deal.When you’re analyzing deals, which is a better approach:1) If a deal seems bad at first, analyze it to see if it can be proved otherwise (maybe the fact that it looks bad means other investors have skipped over it). or2) If a deal seems good at first, analyze it to see if it can be proved otherwise (maybe it’s been made to look better than it really is and you’ll end up with a lot of competition).I’d love some input!

Essentially, investors are betting on the fact that NYC will always be a desirable place to live. 

I'll bet money that if he'd have said he wanted to support women or some other marginalized group, this topic wouldn't have ruffled any feathers.