Are we able to inspect the properties as land lords (of course with prior notification)?

I'm pretty new to this too, doing about the same thing as you except I'm talking to all those people, it doesn't hurt to reach out, and if it's an investor friendly agent and you can communicate that you're serious, I'm sure they'd be happy to put you on automatic notifications from the MLS for properties that look like they'd be good investments.

Look for low credit and low down loans to encourage people that again should be renting and hav no business buying a home.It is not if, but when.  

If you reside in another county and get your tax bills mailed to there, I cant imagine a tack and serve at a vacant house is legal notification.  

Since 99.9999% of the time they will do nothing with that notification it makes it harder should they decide to try to call the note due down the road.

Try to run an add in Nevada that your a private lender ( and you have no license and think your exempt because its non owner occ).. you will get a notification from the state in a very short order...

Once you have the list of who gets notified then once the notifications go out, you could use a legal service or a lawyer for the notifications, then the clock starts ticking. 

If they read the fannie mae guidelines, they'll see they're wrong.I only mention it because I've had to deal with it on several occasions and it really does make all the difference in qualifying for the loan or not. If

They disappeared 10 days early, it was discovered that they had changed the locks with no notification. 

@Eli Azulai Your options will depend on if your wife has been filling her US Federal Tax Returns or not. If