just have to go through the quiet title to please the title insurance underwriting criteria.some title companies make you wait a year before they will even consider it some 5 years.in SC it looks like this lady is going to be over 5 years.   

Then you'd have lots of options to go with: cash flowing rental, BRRRR, sell. 

If you don't have enough capital to obtain financing, you'd need to go with the owner financing deal.

If you have a licensed contractor-friend ask them to go with you on your first walk through, they are a valuable asset on your team as well.

You might also want to go down to the city's zoning department and try to talk to someone there.

Wanted to liquidate all of his fathers assets immediately, already sold all of his stocks, cars, etc and this was one of the last to go

I've decided to go ahead and file although I've heard that in Illinois landlords don't get any support garnishing wages.  

@Ryan Dosenberry  I was in your shoes this summer and decided to go ahead and get my RE License. 

And if I’m going to go on and get my brokerage license, should I go on and start real estate agency?

insurance estimated to be around $25 a monthRepairs estimated at $100 an monthCap X I put at $200 a monthand I included property management just in case i decide to go that route at $170 a month.Zillow says the mortgage would be about $188 a month That would put a total of $1003 a month in expenses and 1200 a month in rentcash flow would be $197 a month if all the calculations make sense.total cash needed would be $11,880.