@Timoteo Guy Mount Vernon is now being advertised as a bedroom community to Everett and Boeing.

And what if it does not work out as rental as anticipated and advertised, what then?

I have found many very abandoned over grown houses in central Florida.

Chimney repairs could be more expensive than upgrading the furnace, so if in poor shape you may want to abandon the chimney and go high efficiency.  

@Troy NorwoodIt is a felony to broker properties unless:1 you are licensed2. you own the property3. you have equitable interestwe have some scammers that routinely advertise properties that are not in these categories. 

I have heard their advertisements. 

I'm an advertising project manager by trade; and I believe my experience managing timelines, budgets and expectations could prove to be extremely beneficial managing fix and flips.

If you advertise that as part of your criteria hopefully you can find a tenant with verifiable payment history.

So you can advertise on Zillow, Craiglist your self.

If buy rewarding his tenants $25 or even $250 annually he saves possibly $3000 or more on turn over, which could cost months of profit, repairs, advertisement or tenant placement fees he would not be "giving money away".