You need time to clean, paint, let the place air out, inspect, etc. anyway.

@Jingjing Ye I think you'll have a much easier time getting your first MF done when it's local(ish). 

It's easier to cash-flow here than in Seattle (of course with the right deal).Do you have thoughts on the values that should be inserted in the calculator?

For example if you targeted that same absentee, high equity, list, but narrowed it to folks who purchased from 2008-2012, your message could focus on how they can now cash in on their amazing market timing, and how you can help them do that quickly and easily without having to evict tenants, clean the property, hire an agent, etc.

I keep thinking there has to be an easier way, and maybe I have missed a builder that knows the process better, but everything modular going up in Washington has to go through Labor & Industries (L&I) back in Olympia to my knowledge, and that has caused most of the delay. 

Once you get a deed from one heir, you can file a partition suit to clean up the rest. 

@Phillip Syrios - last year when we staged our personal residence, the staging company suggested the Limoncello wallflowers from Bath and Body works http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/p/limoncello-wallf...Very subtle but also light and clean smelling

They clean up the houses as best they can. 

But for trash, snow removal during winter, keeping the hallways clean, etc, we pay $250-300/month to a local guy.

She helps with the rentals (when we lived in one unit) by cleaning up the yard, clearing out gutters (she just sat on the roof), etc.