If I had the owners' address and thought the realtor was actually not presenting my offer, I'd mail them a letter along the lines of, While your realtor informed me you are not interested in my offer of ..., I wanted you to have my contact info in case you become interested down the road.

Here in Kansas City the waiting list to get a Section 8 voucher / Public Housing unit is 3 years, it’s definitely not an overnight process, while they do grant emergency vouchers under certain provisions, ex: displacements, death, etc, another good place to market properties to find Section 8 tenants is www.socialserve.com , I usually take flyers downtown to the Housing Authority (Section 8 office) and that actually has been most effective.

Bill Gulley So if the quit claim goes through, I can still obtain title coverage, and that would effectively confer on me the same benefits as a warranty deed (grant deed here in CA) would have?

You could even tell them your spouse was destroying the bills or something to that effect.

PM me your email address and I will forward you their contact info.

I would give you a hand but I am being held prisoner in another state by a band of ruthless doctors and we are unable to escape, maybe next year.pictures/address or its fake.

Anybody that knows the area can tell where these properties are just by the address.

As was pointed out, the effective rents will be well below $550, the maintenance and vacancies will be high, and the numbers don't work even if it is really cheap.

I've considered using a manager but for one property it never seemed cost-effective.

My only suggestion is that it shouldn't have taken you a month to confirm whether the price drop had taken effect.