I was doing some driving around  in my neighborhood a few months back and I saw this abandoned house..

People get priced out of an are, investors start to buy and build the neighboring blocks and abandoned properties turn into great future investment opportunities.Phila is a block by block city so make sure to use all the resources you can to be sure about your investment.

You mean if your uncle says it is going to take 5 hours to paint the kitchen and dining room you're just gonna paint for an hour and abandon him to do the rest while you go home and chug a beer?

Let them sort out who gets what out after the fact.State that if they abandon the unit or vacate early it doesn't relieve them from their duties to pay rent and adhere to the other obligations of the lease.Holdover clause - Define what happens if they overstay the initial lease term.

The property is good, I just have a concern with an abandoned property that is located next door to the deal I'm looking at.

This was a rental property and the tenants abandoned it.

Well, then hurricane Sandy came and wiped out a lot of the island leaving many houses abandoned once the owners got their insurance check.  

Do I have to go through the eviction process or is there some provision that allows me to take back the home sooner if it is abandoned?  

People can entirely abandon one part of a city and yet the rest of the city may be thriving.

I live in Washington, DC and am interested in purchasing abandoned homes/ absentee homeowners.