Providing amenities such as central air, garbage disposal, etc can justify higher rent prices and well-qualified tenants.Let me know if you decide on these areas, I have a large inventory and run across multi-families often.

Here's a summary:After you determine with that the dwelling has in fact been abandoned (talking to neighbors, seeing an empty unit, etc),  post a Notice of Abandonment, immediately enter the unit, remove abandoned property with a value less than $250 for storage in a reasonably secure place, to be disposed of in 7 days and change the locks.

I not only wanted the convenience, but the contractors they have at their disposal, the experience they have in dealing with tenants, the systems they have set up to handle everything from repairs to vacancies and evictions.

She told me they are in a position to dispose the properties and not looking to make any money on them.

That difference can easily be lost in foreclosure costs, securing the property, making repairs and disposing of it again.Many of the old operators keep falling back a few decades when they just took the property back, rinse and repeat types, things have changed.

@Andre Key right now I am trying pretty much any and everything at my disposal to find the next deal.  

Excellent - you are very disciplined and in several years it will pay off with LOTS of disposable CASH when all your rentals are paid up!!!

Unfortunately, that's going to cost someone money.Or, is the father expecting the son to dispose of the problem at his own expense?

I got a quote from a painter for $4700, and Furnace for $3300, Refri $1100k, Stove $800, dish washer/microwave/disposal $550, refinish hardwood floor and starway $2500, Kitchen Cabinet $2400, counter top $400, lighting $500, security alarm $400, landscape $1800, bathroom wall and floor tiles,Kitchen vinyl floor plus laundry room tile total $1200, refinish bathtub $500, New windows $800, new doors 2 of them $250, toilet+vanity $700,Kitchen and bathroom faucet $260, all new locks $300, roofing(patch up garage) $250, all other materials such as concrete(patch up drive way) sheetrock and others $2000. total $24710.Plus I am paying my contractor $200 per day to remodel the kitchen and bathroom with some plumbing and electrical works.

Now, they are able to acquire and dispose in more realistically valued market place.