If you want to be more pro-active - drive your vehicle to that vacancy -Talk to as many neighbors as you can - let them know that you are interested in that property (or others that they may be able to refer you to) some neighbors won't cooperate with you since they may think you are a bill collector.Get the tax ID of the ownershipGo to white pages - search for the ownersPut a notice on the door for the owner to call youCheck to see if it has housing code violationsLiens - see if you can buy the lien and foreclose (or take an option to buy the lien - forecloses on your option)Check to see if it is in Tax Sale - contract the tax sale purchaser to see if you can take assignment of their positionCheck to see if it is in foreclosureMake sure you look at the back of the houses - talk to the neighbor at the rear of the housesFind out if it has been listed - by whom and for how long - call the real estate agent (they are the ones who know how to contract the owner) ask the agent "are you still accepting offers on that property?"

For sure, the reason the NC legislature passed the bill(s) regulating CFD in NC was precisely the reasons you posted.

Real Estate is an amazing vehicle to generate income and has created more millionaires than any other field.

This is the precise reason why cash-for-keys is almost always better, especially in Cook County.

They were pulling people out of homes on kayaks, air boats, and Army vehicles. 

I'm noticing that not all the big investment corporations handle these types of investment vehicles.

A checkbook IRA is nearly identical as an investment vehicle.  

@Timothy Murphy III Precisely!  

@Aaron McCurdy Hey, pay off your mortgage if you want, it's no skin off my back :-)  My point is that you'd want that deduction precisely because you're not "most people".  

The first thing I would do in your shoes is call the PM company and get somebody to explain to you how they justify $200 to replace an air filter.I've never seen anything this egregious, but this is precisely why I do not use a PM company.