If you don't buy, lender has to foreclose, complete the process, organs wait a few more seasons and weather the market and the winter.If you don't buy and the liens pre-existed their mortgage, they will still have to deal with senior encumbrances in order to sell.Nope, you are the solution.

Check for mold on the joists and rafters and clean any with a bleach solution or other cleanser.

Like @Brian Adams, I believe QBs is a good solution.  

Another consistency has been that the letter needs to show a disability and provide a link to the animal as treatment for the disability.

Identify their problem/ needs, and show them why you are their best solution. 

Remember you are a solution to their problem - problem being a house they need to sell, but can't sell through a traditional agent.

Even though you bought as an "investment" you living there makes it a personal asset and not eligible for the 1031 exchange treatment.

I am closest to Providence, but am aiming to keep initial investments in MA due to the more favorable tax treatment.

The Code Solution is solid

For a turnkey kind of solution it can be very very costly.We have recently been going through the most aggressive rehab project to date (residential rehab) and I've had to learn about masonry a lot more.