I’d connect with some local agents and see if they will save your info for next time they come across someone in the scenario and send them your info. 

The agent let me know the owner passed away and the seller has no blood relationship to the previous seller and knew nothing about the property.

My next question is about financing options.

@Matthew PlatonWould you be able to split the utility bill, and have the tenant pay for their unit?

Wishing everyone the best!

I got interested in real estate investing last year and since then have read several of the BP published books on real estate.I still have a lot of unanswered questions floating in my head but my goal is to buy my first property and some point next year. 

We converted an existing shed to a 1 bed 1 bath apartment and now rent out the bigger house for great cash flow.

Hey Hares, I started to see the same slippage in a property management company I was using in NC and ultimately I made the decision to self manage everything even from across the country. 

Thanks for the welcome, Kerlous!

Will the Midwest and/or the entire country pay the price again?