Especially NY and OH areas.You could donate it and reduce your taxes.The sky is the limit.

I recommend donating generously to causes you care about before you set money aside in savings or anything else for that matter.

It is our official downtime and allows business owners, including investors, the opportunity to remodel, deep clean, use the property themselves, as well as offering the unit as a charitable donation for example.

That way friends, family, local non profits and charities won't hit you up to "donate" a week, weekend or getaway. 

Not to mention the political donations along the way.After these issues have been accomplished your application request will be viewed with those of competitors.

You could replace the oven and donate the old one to Habitat for Humanity.

Long term units go very fast.Additionally, many long term renters don't want a furnished unit or only partially furnished, so you may have to hold a yard sale or rent a truck and donate to one of the many 501c3 thrift stores here. 

There are stories every year of a new top 50 member of the Forbes list only being found after donating $XX Million to a charity or school.

Sure the interest is high, but the investors could be just buying time until the property is sold or assigned, paying the taxes at settlement out of their equity profits.I believe that if the investors can meet with the owner to chat with them, let them know that they have options; sell the house to you, list it, sell for all paper, pay the back taxes, take out a soft or hard money loan, negotiate with tax sale purchase, file counter claim, seek donations from local charities.This tax lien system can keep an investor very busy. 

Happy to donate to a good cause.