That's a good idea to ask for their costs, thanks for the tip. 

Any helpful tips will be more than welcome :)

Does anyone have any tips on how to finance a deal like this? 

———————Bryan,Thanks for the tip on securing the necessary permits, I definitely wouldn’t want to run into any issues down the road.

Any tips/ideas are much appreciated,Kim

Any tips and/ or advice would help a ton, thanks guys!

This story is HUGE but I'll try to keep it brief.June 2019 a woman signs a 12 month contract that says she must get electric and gas in her own name prior to move it and no one except her can occupy the unit (she breaks all 3 of those)Unknown to me - the man now squatting moves in with the former tenantJuly 20, 2020 she suddenly has a huge amount of cash and pays over 5 months back rent - never pays rent again after this dayJuly 23, 2020 booked for a crimeFeb 2020 person moves into cabin next door and somehow put wrong cabin electric meter in their nameNov, 2020 she's jailedMay 2021 my dad arrives and slowly starts realizing the scope of the problemJuly 2, 2021 I arriveJuly we get Real Estate One to be property managers starting Aug 1, REO agent meets with 2 current tenants and gets them on new contracts, REO makes a deal with squatter, he agrees, he never shows up to the REO officeAug 9 post 7 day notice due to non paymentAug 16 court house says can't because COVID, try 30 day notice to quit - post thatAug 17 hand 30 day notice to quit to squatter (had to bang on his door at 7:15a to catch him as he'd been hiding from me for 2 weeks)Aug 19 figure out squatter's cable is in the name of jailed tenant's daughter who lives 2 counties away with her legal guardian (yet Spectrum refuses to cancel service)Aug 20 figure out the electric meter mix up. next door unit moved out in June yet was still be charged electric. why?

The tent from these units would cover the taxes for the property, the heat for the house, and likely the cable/internet for the house.

Any tips for wholesaling as an 18 year old??

Bonus Tip: RE agents get calls from "investors" all the time.