@Ram Venkat your handyman is not authorized to make a repair on the landlords property .

THEREFORE, TO MY WAY OF THINKING, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO AUTHORITY TO BE GIVING ADVICE.

Has anyone ever blindly purchase a bank owned property with occupants still residing in it and if so, did the occupants vacated after closing or did you need to get the authorities involved?

I'm almost certain that I am not authorized to send out the official letter of notice, but my concern is that if I ask the seller to do so she would say no due to fear that the buyer may not close on the house and she would be left with a mortgage and no tenant.

If you used a standard real estate form it likely says that the taxes will be prorated and that means that escrow will split the taxes and the seller pays for past and you pay for future.So, say your taxing authority collects taxes for  July 1 through June 30 of the following year. 

The thing to determine is whether or not the daughter is the Executor, (or Personal Representative), maybe one of many heirs.....When a property is in Probate, the executor of the estate is the one who has the legal authority to sell the property.

I work with 6 different SEC 8 housing authorities and none of our rents were delayed because of the shut down.

Our local Housing Authority does their job very well.

If no other terms, you need to get authorization from a probate court to remove all contents from the unit.You likely have a duty to protect the property.

There are other housing authorities that serve other areas but I’ve never worked with them.