If you rely solely on your own savings, you will quickly deplete it and will only be able to buy 1 property every few years. 

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On the other hand, I did inherit a tenant who would mow my grass, clean up the sidewalk, etc. and be my eyes and ears around the building for my commercial retail strip.

I'd like to clean up a property and put in a few upgrades.

Clean up the mess you created . 

Truly good tenants wont be in the position to move in "right away"..... but most will jump on a good unit and have some overlap between old and new..... they just have to pay for the overlap... also gives them time to move everything from one to the other, clean up etc etc. 

.- Other than basic clean up and making sure everything is working proper there seems to be a lot of exterior work that could be done over time and not right now.

Could it be because an reputable loan mod company is trying to help clean up their industry?

Make a low ball offer expressing the concerns you have with clean up.

The bank really owns it and has been paying the taxes and someone to clean up the yard on occasion.