@Jessica Wainscott We used cleanings on longer stays as an excuse to get in there and make sure trash was out of the unit, no dead bodies, and things were generally good to go.I imagine it just depends on your clientele.

In this environment I'm dead set on not making a rash decision into a bad deal.

It would make a great sub2 (subject to the existing financing) deal, where you get the dead and make payments on his mortgage.  

As of today, taxes are paid up but the lot is an ugly eye site filled with debris and dead trees - and I just want to buy and clean up, extend my yard and hold.Any recommendations on hours to best approach.

If they're dead-set on trying to stay in the home as long as possible, that's not going to be good at all for the flipper. 

Off-season doesn't necessarily mean the dead of winter.

Luckily it came out fairly easily.Next we have to get a tree guy in there to remove some dead trees and trim the keepers.

Guests asking questions, guests with issues, leaky faucets, broken BBQ's, TV remotes with dead batteries, etc.

Since dead people don't sign papers (except in fraudulent transfer litigation cases) you will need to find the person in charge of the decedent's estate (or trust, if applicable).This is likely a "pre-probate" scenario whereby no one has filed to open probate yet. 

And these are skilled, fairly well paid people I'm talking about with some accomplishment already under their belts, not people in dead end jobs.