Actually I just checked, Baltimore Maryland is warmer than Kansas City.Again  discount the hundreds of projects I've ran heat loads on in the US if you want.

You are right, as an auctioneer in Maryland, we do about 200 sales a year - what a great way to sell properties - you need to make sure you have the right auction company and that they know what they are do and they advertise the property right -Don't depend all them to do the right kind of advertisingWe make up flyers - take them to businesses - but them in supermarket and on bulletin boardsGet mail list of absentee owners - send hundreds of post cardAuctions can be profitable both for the buyer and the sellerSellers like our type of auction sales since there are no commissions or settlement costs and the property is sold in "as is" condition.Auctions are great because you don't have to deal with contingencies and demanding buyers.Feel free to call me anytime for advice on auctions - Charles - AuctioneerOh!

If they are willing to buy the house, rent it to them for a hundred less that 'market rent' for the area.. 

For the record, the property will be cash flowing a few hundred dollars a month ( I would never purchase a non cash flowing property).  

He never saw the house, never inspected it, never rehabbed it, just bought it as-is and continued taking payments from the previous tenet.About 1 year ago (August 2018), my wife and I moved in and started rented from the landlord.While it has been nice renting this place, and the landlord has made things really easy for us, the truth is that the house is severely out-dated esthetically and could definitely use some upgrades functionally.For example, the kitchen is filled with ugly yellow-brown cabinets, tile countertops. 

@Jennifer RysdamAfter 8 years I would expect a mini rehab - cabinets appliances countertops and repainting the entire apartment.

So if I didn't do it, 10 years later, I'm happily enjoying my retirement, someone can come and say, we found a leak from a tank in a property you sold years ago, and the cleanup is several hundred thousand dollars. 

You can add up kitchen cabinets, counter, sink, toilet, bath vanity, tub and all that to give you an idea of some of the costs also.

@Brian PulaskiMostly paint drywalling the ceiling new counter tops painting the cabinet and some new flooring most of it is actually really nice.

I just wasted a few hundred dollars in the process for their co-pays.Useless!