I have a handyman/woman in the towns to handle any minor repairs and cleanup or do a drive by-I rent almost exclusively by word of mouth or the town Facebook Group(generates all the traffic I need). 

I now have "secured" the property.I "cleanup / prepare" my property for rental. 

Hello,I am renting out a property in NJ and have a professional cleaning service do thorough cleaning of dryer vent as well as fireplace chimney before the tenant moves in. Now that HOA has a mandatory requirement of ...

What are you trying to clean up with your document?

The best course of action would be to clean up the unit, renovate it like you were planning, and then rent it out at market rate. 

Make sure the rent and/or security deposit collected are appropriate for the clean-up you may need to have done inside that unit.

The rates are going to be higher than conventional but you can still get financed.For those that have a lot of assets (like Cody's $100 million example) there are asset depletion loans.  

Or a leader from the church down the street that pays young parishioners to clean up trash in the neighborhood pokes their head over to see what the plans for the property are.

They were planning to break ground to clean up the river from debris this spring.  

Clean up your credit, stop spending on that CC, get pre-qualified for loans, and then walk properties (in that order).