Block to block things change very quickly...and if you don't have students wanting to live in your properties, you're fighting an entirely different battle.

With that being said, this is a different strategy than buying a property more specifically as a vacation rental investment; I would only recommend the first idea if you were already thinking to (and capable of) buying that second home as though you would never rent it out (or only on a limited basis) - in other words, you can and plan to carry the debt service on your own - and the potential rental income is just icing.

A little web-search I did quick sounds like he could be living free anywhere from 3 weeks - 6 months depending on how he "fights" it.  

You may want to talk to an attorney ,  sounds like you have 10K out in limbo already , might be a fight to get it back 

All that happened is we had a pointless cultural war for a year and wasted 100 million dollars of taxpayer money fighting over it. 

That day I had two people fighting over the property and settled at $1,400.00/month rent.

I believe Anderson's is quite capable and well informed nationwide but the bottom line is that law is very state specific.

Show them your passion, commitment, and capabilities.

A remainder in property law of the United Kingdom and the United States is a future interest given to a person (who is referred to as the transferee or remainderman) that is capable of becoming possessory upon the natural end of a prior estate created by the same instrument.

The real viable deals never make it there.Your best bet is to find an experienced commercial broker who operates in the area and let her/him know what you are seeking, what you are capable of taking down, etc.Another strategy (if you are looking for retail) is to walk/drive the neighbourhood and make note of any buildings with significant / multiple vacancies.