I finally gave up this week and filed a 3-day Notice.

The agent advised that I ask an attorney to file a request w/ town to waive off the taxes or reassess to reduce them because they're exorbitant.

@Claudia Brown    #1 You might check with your divorce lawyer....maybe he can help you file suit against your X for 1/2 the value.#2 Typically the previous owner cannot buy it back at the tax sale in most places, I would guess that would be true for PA, but not 100% sure about that.#3 Chances are if both your names were on the deed, that tax authority sent it to the billing address. 

They should have help files that instruct you on how to screen an application and red flags to watch for.You collect the security deposit via "certified funds" which means money you know is good.

If it wasn't a rental, the owner might have been a moron who didn't file for the exemption and paid extra in taxes every year.

We didn't realize the importance of this as we have always just filed taxes based on w2 income.

It can do ringless voice mail but RVM is less useful then it sounds. 

I spoke with my broker and the real estate attorneys we usually work with, they said, as long as the plaintiff/ tenant's attorney is able to file a motion or whatever and relate the intentional of the out-of-state company with tax evasion matter, then they can have the liability court in the city where the property is located after the first motion is resolved.

What’s the best way to handle this type of transaction to still qualify for a conventional investor loan and not cause issues when filing taxes?

That's a bummer :(  That will add a ~50-day delay in filing.