I applied for a home equity loan through Discover Home Loans and it was denied due to their appraisal finding the home vacant. 

He was even quoted stating so himself...As for increasing the residential component,“downtown West Palm Beach keeps getting better,” Greene said.

I've just joined today after discovering BP two days ago.

After discovering the property owner passed away 2 years ago, and the mailing address belongs to the owners parents estate, I am unsure how to go about finding them.

While searching for a CPA one of the things I discovered was that local isn't a necessity.

We fixed the leak, but we discovered some black mold.

Unpaid utilities - damages discovered well after etc.To me - Great tenants means they understand their obligations and does not mean you terminate early unless you have good new tenants' deposits AND start of new lease.

I don't really understand the strategy of getting a property under contract and ignoring obvious problems or components that are at the end of their lifespan.

Probably discovered that you can't delete your own posts either:)

I've discovered several local REIAs via meetup.com, including http://reiadfw.com/.