City and county governments are fickle beasts prone to changes on a whim.You can just search the web to find multiple municipalities who change directions overnight then back.

I would reach out to them by phone, email, text, facebook, or any other avenue, and I would post a negative review on Google, Yelp, Facebook, and every other web site that lets the public know they refuse to communicate with you.

Yep and interstate sales over the web used to not be Sales Taxable (except for Use tax which almost nobody pays). 

Just study the market using Zillow, Craigslist, Apartments.com, or other web sites.

Kick 'em to the curb, unless your a soft hearted landlord.

Example taken from another web site because I'm not smart enough to explain it clearly:You buy a rental home for $100,000 with $20,000 down.

Now my primary skills are JavaScript / Python / PHP / SQL, Relational / Graph Data Modeling, API / Web application development, and I'm pretty proficient with excel and google sheets. 

Evening Bigger Pockets family,Working on a deal and ran into an issue, after a month of working to get signatures for the PSA finally but now the issue is the individual that state they would put EM is out of the country.

I have seen commercial coils in the middle of the city get plugged in 3 months just due to heavy spider activity (their webs). 

Do some wholesale deals to build capital and pay down debt, or buy properties, rehab em, rent em, then refinance.