Have contracts or covenants that keep newer homes there and keeping yards clean.  

Anyone have a direct mail or postcard service they recommend for such a scenario?

Even if it's cleaning rooms, get a feel for the operations.

Shared living quarter rental, Military or Civil service rental.  

It'll likely take a month or two assuming that the loan is with one of the large servicing companies that move at a glacial pace. 

Just struggling to find any good leads with not much access to mls and other paid services.

If you did not like that experience, maybe you should try a smaller company to get a more personalized service experience.  

By 2030, we want to have grown a portfolio of over 100 units, created a property management company that manages an additional 100-200 units, and, finally (and most importantly), we will have established a non-profit that is focused on quality, affordable housing that specializes in providing housing and resources at/on the "services cliff" alongside financial counseling and first-time home buyer education in our target area.Our target area is the Springfield, MA and Hartford, CT areas with dreams to expand to Central Massachusetts (Worcester, MA), Southern New Hampshire (Nashua, NH), and Southern Connecticut (New Haven, CT).Would love to meet up with likeminded individuals in our area!

I run Raise the Standard Real Estate in Milwaukee, WI and we focus on investors servicing them from building a strategy, completing the transaction, and assisting with property management duties.

Many banks securitize their loans (bundle them together) and sell the loans to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, while continuing to service the loans, that is collect your payment.