If you were to get licensed in the State of Florida, once you pass your exam the state says you are "minimally competent to practice real estate".

You need a seller who has standing, that is, Capacity, Powers, and Authority to pass title.So, someone with either need to become appointed administrator or follow as zip your process that your state IL may have for an informal or summary probate. 

Not the worst street (by far) but still some shady looking pedestrians passing through.

I'm not saying walk in on the site but pass by and try to follow what is going on.  

Hello Folks Heres the deal (no pun intended) i'm a realtor and every once a while a client walks into the office and is a tenant and their landlord has abandon the property. in this particular situation the landlord who left the property isn't the owner but his son the actual owner has passed away, so my client who walked in says shes has been having a hard time with the son who hasn't done much to up keep the property and has just been taking the rent till one day he decides to up and leave. so now shes looking for a new place to rent but now the same time this 3 family home sits vacant shes the only tenant till she finds a place.  

Once I received some of their information, I decided to pass.

I'm not sure if the seller would be willing to negotiate down further or not, although we are still higher than the original list price, so theoretically, she should still be happy.I did just run numbers on approximate rent and a pretty good estimate of monthly expenses based on our other units in this complex and it should conservatively profit about $1100/month (after all expenses, capex and turnover).I've also gone through and done a first pass on rehab costs and those will come in at approximately $20,000.  

Roughly 25% of that $1500 is lead generation, so the contractor has passed the savings on to you.

If my buyers see pre-formed plastic on the floor they assume the entire place is junk and pass.

I do use a broker and I can pass his name along to you if you want.