You mentioned that you have a 2.6% interest mortgage and I have to say that sounds like something worth trying to keep if possible.

His house is fully paid off  worth about $250k .

Whether they will reimburse for prior years, maybe now because its not worth anyone's time or effort to sue for such a small amount.

But the terms and insured income would let you continue to build your net worth. 

Not worth saving $300/year for minimal coverages across board. 

This will notify my team if there is excessive noise in the property, without "recording."

Noticed it was abandoned, researched courthouse records, determined it was adjudicated to the Parish for non-payment of taxes, submitted purchase request to the Police Jury for amount of back taxes, made required notifications by mail and newspaper, waiting mandatory days for owner to redeem, and when redemption period expired, closing occurred at Police Jury Office.

The scary part is that the Triangle has more than $1 billion worth of CRE CMBS loans coming due by the end of the year, according to the Triangle Business journal.

If something is worth 200k but needs 50k of work you're going to want to get it for 50k, which obviously is a deep discount.

The property is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.