Sounds like you’ve put in a ton of work already—respect for diving deep and not letting distance stop you.

The fence was leaning all over the place, there was garbage filled 4 ft deep in the air vents, and normal maintenance on almost anything was never done.

I'd take a look at the lease, most standard leases have section allowing owners to evict or give notice if certain situations are met such as being a nuisance or repeated police calls etc, but generally taking a deep dive into the lease is a good idea, but also filing a complaint with either the city code department or potentially the section 8 office could be helpful also.

This will show that there may be others interested in the property & if they really like it, they need to ensure to put in their application sooner.I hope that you go into a deep screening process, as this will make or break how well the experience is.

You don't mention your location but are you in the Nashville or Chattanooga area or close enough to drive there/do a short flight?

Wholesaling: Where I’m StartingI’ve been deep in the creative finance world the last few weeks, and it’s fascinating.

Also in some jurisdictions, an individual without a license can be hired to manage properties for one owner.Best to do a deep dive into the NJ real estate laws, landlord/tenant laws, etc. 

Wholesaling: Where I’m StartingI’ve been deep in the creative finance world the last few weeks, and it’s fascinating.

it might take some effort, some driving, some networking.

I come from a tech and systems engineering background, and for the past year I’ve been diving deep into real estate investing — especially non-traditional, no down payments and interest-free models.I’m currently exploring how a brand new concept that already works in several countries (group-purchase model for real estate) could be adapted to the U.S. market.