If you have a hard time finding the owner, sometimes you can see through google who is related to the owner.

My statement assumes your stock money is in a relatively diversified portfolio and/or managed by an overarching entity.

They can add legitimate expenses related to finding a tenant to your costs.   

Note that some jurisdictions limit the number of non-related people who can live in one house.

I'm sure some of you can relate! 

Population growth has remained relatively stable.Population: 20,777Median Household Income: $47kPoverty Rate: 14.6%Employment Rate: 62%I did reach out to a realtor to see if they had any insight.

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.

I am still relatively new to investing, but have acquired 2 rental properties over the past 8 months. 

Listening to a relatively recent BP Podcast I recall hearing the interviewee talk about buying properties online via auction but that you have to be careful because some of them (Auction.com he called out specifically) will bid against you in house.

The good thing is you're in uptown charlotte so it should be relatively easy to rent if you choose to hold onto it.