If he's been a valued tenant in past and worth salvaging the relationship, go ahead and become a rent stalker and track him down. 

I assume he had just listed the property because the sign just recently went up in the front yard.

I'd have voted twice if I could have.Definitely a sign in the yard of the house you own.

Insurance will be round 55/moTaxes 40ishBuying for cash flow and to build some equityThis will only be my 2nd dealComps look good 45-65 range   Siding is good windows good nice fenced back yard.

We screened the new tenants last week and signed the lease this weekend...in 19 days.The existing tenants are very nice and even planted grass in their 1/2 of the yard....straight down the middle!  

Have you had to decide between covering up surface issues, or fully removing older materials to get the old funk out of a building.I know it is going to be way cheaper for me to just keep things as it is - new paint and a small bit of patching and the walls and ceilings will look just fine (I plan to rent this between $1000 and $1200 for a 2-bed, 1-bath SFR with a great little yard).

We use postlets.com, craigslist.com, vflyer.com, and signs in the yard. 

Then i'm going to subdivide the Back yard and build another house on it.

But at $475 a month, you can walk 100 yards to the corner Laundromat.

When you get to individual city type lots, maybe someone back in the day wanted an extra large yard so they bought 1 1/2 lots.