It will be a major job; but it likely won't fetch a price you want in it's current condition so you need to explore some alternatives.

Alternatively, you can use your own funds to purchase/rehab (Cash, Heloc, etc.) and then use a private lender on the back end to be the bank after the property is stabilized.

Do the collective experience and intelligence of this community have any creative suggestions or alternatives to suggest?

I told her I would personally drive down there if she wanted and dump the neighbors plants onto their patio for retaliation, just let me know if you want me to do that ... but she declined :(Alternatively, do you want to stay local in nova, self manage 1-2 rental townhouses at 400K each and thats the end goal for your portfolio.

From the same source:"Vice cites a 2009 Canadian study by the Centre for Policy Alternatives that found that "the vast majority of Canada's population" gets a great deal: "Middle-income Canadian families enjoy public services worth about $41,000 — or 63 percent of their income.

Any other alternative routes or suggestions would be greatly appreciated  Thank you 

Alternative investments have become more readily available, accepted and even desired.

Alternatively, do you think the best option is to just wait until he is ready to sell them, and purchase each of them one at a time over the next couple of years? 

Alternatively, you could get a Heloc from Pen Fed. 

I would recommend having a talk with your cousin and finding out what exactly they are looking for return wise - that way you can almost work backwards to find an arrangement/split that works, or in the alternative, discover that no real split is even possible given revenue (or lack there of) generated by the property.Best of luck