I work as an engineer with a stable salary and I am planning to finance my first four deals with conventional bank loans. 

I could go on however I'm typically a bit burned out after a heavy rehab project is completed and sold. 

So, you still have to manually reverse engineer ownership, title and equity before skip tracing those with ownership or secured creditor positions. 

First some quick background about myself:I'm a 25 year old mechanical engineer in Southern Arizona with little debt ($5K in school loans - making minimum payment, very low interest rate).

I'm thinking it's that road but then again...This property has also had interior/exterior cracks determined by an engineer to be of minor issue and can be fixed by a qualified "masonary"/contractor.What I don't get is that if this was sold off, how in the world can there be an easement if the original owner of the land(s) sold the lots.

However, it should have been engineered on origination. 

I used to design high-rise structures in New York City as a Structural Engineer and currently I work as Sales Engineer in the construction industry.I have purchased an investment unit in Chicago which I also manage.  

I am employed full time at an Engineering firm and plan to purchase rentals as a way to subsidize my income when the time comes for a simiretirement.

My background is in engineering, and I still have my 40 hr / week job working as a systems and software engineer.

If it's been on the market that long I'd be curious as to why other investors haven't swooped it up, even for all cash.The agent isn't going away so I wouldn't burn that bridge by trying to go around them.