It's helpful to work with a mortgage broker that has experience working with DSCR loans and ideally specializes in working with investors.

Special needs? 

Additionally, if anyone can share any lenders who specialize in financing first-time flippers, I would greatly appreciate any connections or recommendations.Thank you for considering this opportunity. 

If this is their history, no special treatment.

This involves finding a reliable contractor, a property manager and a real estate agent who specializes in investment properties in the area.

My team at Vested Alaska specializes in multifamily in the Anchorage, Eagle River markets.

Depending on local law, you may be able to get a bond in lieu of probate from a title company if you can tie the brother to the property as the other living heir.

Should I put in special tubs/showers or just hand bars, and provide a shower seat? 

It’s not like buying a Federal government bond.  

I focus primarily on the upper valley but I can refer you to people who specializes in the Brownsville/SPI area.