Nobody’s going to send you an email saying you need to move out of your home in 30-60 days because they are selling to someone else who’s going to live there  this alone is a big value to many people  stability  Nobody’s saying you have to buy it.

Contact the listing platforms and see if you can get the names of people who have already booked...along with cleaners.

I'm buying another duplex there next month.If you are in Detroit you have what so many people here would kill for... a cheap market in your backyard that's makes it easy to learn. 

I work full time at a local Chip( hint people think i work at Stadium) company as an Telecom engineer for last  20 years and still love the work i do and hopefully they don't fire me.

Get 3 contractors to give you an estimate on bringing it up to code/ rentable condition.3.

The root need comes because I need to bring my mom closer to me and Im looking for a way to make this a positive financial decision as well.

Sure, most people want to leverage deducting passive losses... but one day you might have net profit that could be whacked with a 3.8% NIIT.

Personally I would have said ah ok sounds good Can I help you bring the things to your house?

People from all over the world contact me about investing in Ohio. 

and how do I go about dealing with this.Unfortunately this is business, some people suck.