He is using this time to attempt to clean the place up...gather his parents belongings and he paid for an exterminator whos been there 3 times so far.

if that fails, arrange to stay with a friend for a couple of days with your belongings in a YouHaul.

Yeah I’m hoping to hold the FHA loan for a year, which hopefully will be long enough.

The longer the house sits (full of all of their belongings) the less they’ll be able to get for it.

They will also stipulate what areas are 'common' and what areas belong exclusively to a unit owner.

We prefer they use our lease (less vague than existing belonging to property management company running the show currently).

It does sound fishy and it's too much liability for you to accept his belongings.

I would reach out to the son and offer condolences, then ask how he would like to proceed with his mother’s belonging and clean up.

I know in the area of PA where i invest, there are a lot of "Alley Ways" that belong to the town, and not the owners of the properties next to them, but they can be used by the property owners as a walk or a drive. a lot of times these areas are just grass, but it may just be listed in your title that you have the right and your neighbors to use it and you can not do anything on it. but also keep in mind that it may come into play if you ever decide to add on to the house, you may have to build to a setback from that easement line.

I asked the tenant (via email) if the dog belongs to her parents who were in town visiting.