Also, if you use the desktop version of BP, you can should be able to insert a photo.

As a landlord even trying to help is just inserting another person without the specialized training into a volatile situation.

I have a good grasp on ideally how it would work with me inserting myself as the middle man between distressed seller and cash buyer.

Often those sued don't show up.Note that if you did the stem wall it may be necessary to cut a keyway into the cement floor for the entire length of the stem wall and insert waterproofing material in the keyway to insure water can not seep through where the new stem rests on the existing concrete floor. 

Direct mail, postcards, local paper ads, local paper inserts, door hangers.3.

State all your goals and if finding a mentor is one of them, insert that. 

@Dennis A Higgs Jr As long as you plan on paying for your property managers time and are willing to remedy any issues that he finds or the tenants bring up to him while he is there I do not see anything wrong with doing this twice per year.Tenants are big "well, while your here (insert maintenance request here)" type people though.

Everyone and their brother is now an "investor".....deals are as abundant as (insert cheeky metaphor here)...

You might say "but my pool is a fiberglass pool", however the timeline will still be the same the costs will just be a bit more when replacing your insert.

I doubt that many agents would be willing to allow you to insert one.