Adjust your offer to cover those unexpected "out of pocket" potential repairs you could need that you mentioned.

The old woman's sister went over there to get her deceased sister's stuff and she said he was hostile towards her and she warned him that she was gonna turn off the power and gas. 

My main goals are to minimize taxes, report my rental income in such a way that my future purchasing power is increased as quickly as possible, and plan for the future as I plan on purchasing more rental properties (not super soon but within the next year or two).

What you choose to do with them is answered already for you in Article 4 of the Code.Have a Powerful Sales Day! 

Keep learning my friend, Knowledge is power.

If so you should probably have them sign a power of attorney so you can deal with the loan later.

Tomorrow's meeting topic is Greasing the Wheels, the Power of the Network. 

So you'll have some boost to your buying power due to that, hopefully.  

@Sanchit Wadhwa - Another possibility is to sign a Limited Power of Attorney (for this Real Estate Transaction only) for someone who can be present at the closing to sign papers on your behalf.

Again, your sales price will be hurt by these things and sellers will get turned off by them, and you can't eliminate the busy street or eyesore power lines or water tower across the st, etc. 4.