Are there investors near (or far) who may be interested in riding this venture with me?

I've done that as a "hail mary" a few times.

Expanding on this, you've done the rehab, the problem pipe already burst (one always does), the hard work is done-- now just let it ride and over the next decade adjust rents and it'll cashflow in time. 

I have had a lot of success riding my bike near my house and making note of the tall grass, peeling paint and so forth.  

Roofs are probably every 10-15 years depending on your luck with wind and hail storms. 

I can't imagine that elevator ride, I was the one of the first ones done on the in-class test and I booked it out of there to avoid that situation

Be careful with who you work with, lots of people in town are looking to take an out of state investor for a ride.

I was told by a neighbor that she plans to answer the eviction to ride it out.

It's an exciting journey, and we're thrilled to have you along for the ride.

Sounds somewhat like he either doesn't know what to do or is just riding the situation out how he wants to.