In his tenure there over the last 2 1/2 years a garage converted into a mother in law suite burned down and has put the property even further in disrepair. 

I was contacted by an insurance company to my 3 bed, 1400 sqft C class Indiana rental for letting them place a customer there who's house burned down for 4 months. 

I am unencumbered to achieve my burning passion in Real Estate which up until now I have allowed a "comfortable situation" to kill action.

Block doors, harass the sheriff, burn the police station, courthouse, whatever.

They should pay me as much as I promote them.

I still wouldn't burn too much energy on it though as even your best assessment is likely going to be a rough guess either way. 

I have leased to people who were burned by PM companies charging crazy fees.

Then they bring on "sub-coaches" to try and keep up with the volume - turns into a churn and burn. 

I think the best advice for new investors is to look at as many properties as possible in person and then use calculators to see how your real-life investigation is going.People who want to promote formulas for flipping are trying to sell a system.

The house was worth $215,000. The owner had insurance but spent all of his insurance money. Could I still make an offer on the property?