@Russell Brazil the key to that whole state is REAL investors... not the endless amount of tire kickers you undoubtedly encounter.So the natural question to me is, how to sort through all the tire kickers?

Naturally there are a few additional rules about how these accounts work.

Personally, I prefer to let attrition naturally do it's job and reno the units one at a time rather than forcing out paying tenants.

The biggest issue is finding adequate inventory.

If I had enough capital, I would go to auction, after walk through, and consider buying at auction (given I knew all possibilities of of tax liens, etc) but at this moment, my connections and capital is not adequate. 

The more you practice, the faster you'll get a hang of it and it'll become your second nature. 

Kitchen will be plenty adequate for a rental in the neighborhood you described.

I am currently looking at a property that does not have natural gas offered so everything would have to be electric.

It is called nature and it exists everywhere. 

Make sure he has adequate other capital to finish the project.