In your experience, is this a type of deal that a local/regional commercial lender will touch our will this likely take a hard money approach?

Please keep in touch. 

Both of those places are where I met a ton of great people I'm still in touch with today.

Technically you will not "share" a wall in spite of how it looks, technically there are typically two complete walls... they just touch and good luck separating them after 15 years.

OK, that just meant an extra step dusting everything back down and saving some paint for touch-up that's inevitable with workers still coming and going. 

Network at every REI event and actually put them in your contact list and stay in touch with them.  

Other than ripping out carpeting, putting in some floors, touching up the kitchen, fixing up the blinds and some other smaller touch ups, the rehab is not that grand in scale.

Since then I have done tons of research and I'm always trying to get in touch with investors around me.

Attempt to gain control of the unit - - contact the coroner and/or police dept and get it released to you - - touch NOTHING until then.Contact roommate if she was not present & find nearest relative.You will have to handle all property as Abandoned Property per your State regs.In Calif, we have to notify the next tenant that there was a death in the unit. but do not have to state the reason - - verify your State requirements.

Would anyone touch this deal with a ten foot pole?