We haven't had the duplex long enough to have a vacancyCap rate is unknown, and still relatively new to me in concept.

You can't make sound investment decisions that way.62 is the minimum retirement age to collect SS benefits and it's a fraction of what a person would get at full retirement.So, even if you didn't do any work to the place and cut her a break until her 62nd birthday, she won't have much money to pay rent and live on.loan modifications are based on a person's ability to pay.

It is relatively easy to find out who the owners are. 

There are many CPA's on this site that work with clients remotely.In the meantime - feel free to ask any tax related question.

You’ll need to borrow money from relatives/friends or from your retirement account (if you have one).

You build a Buyer pool relatively quickly, and the cool thing is that you aren't begging them for business, but rather THEY are coming to YOU to help them.Keller WIlliams has a great training program called IGNITE, that helps you focus on hitting the ground running (thus the obvious title). 

I was diagnosed with a major medical condition at a young age.  

The sample policy has minimum ages of 3 months for a cat, and 9 months for a dog.

Outside of meeting with an "investor friendly" agent while in each city, what other in-person tasks should I try to accomplish to gain a better understanding of the potential upside to the rental markets.I have renovated and rented a multifamily property before so I'm not completely new to the game, but analyzing out of state farm areas is a relatively new path that I have yet to explore. 

In this case, also be sure to take into account the age of other capex items: how old is that water heater, what's the condition of the flooring, is there carpet that needs to be replaced, floors refinished, how old are appliances etc?