The homeowner had tried to workout an arrangement with the bank but fell behind on that agreement.

I arrange tours of the property and talk to tenants about their move in requirements and ability to pay upfront costs.We offer applicants that are interested in moving forward after the showing the option of taking the honestrenter.com quiz or authorizing the transunion smartmove credit/background report.

If I want additional marketing for specific vacant units, how would we arrange that?

I'm curious how your arrangement with the cleaning company is handled?

Your agent will know what’s going on and don’t be naïve to think everything hasn’t been discussed and arranged with the seller’s agent.

If you'll truly be able to BRRR another property, you could just delay and do the co-op arrangement in 6-12mo. 

The only weird thing is not getting keys at closing, but I knew that and made arrangements before.

Ask about what the contract arrangement, how did they do on budget, time, what problems did they encounter and how did they overcome them, how was communication (daily, weekly) and in what format, what was the estimate of work, how did that estimate compare to other estimates.If you want to mitigate risk, then first you have to build a relationship with your contractor on less riskier projects. 

And I'm trying to understand what arrangements (and range) are more prevalent in mid-scale (say 1.5m post upgrade) real estate.

They've been here for a few days, and inquired about making arrangements to stay in my vacant unfurnished room with an air mattress.