Non traditional lending may see this as an opportunity to cash in.  

Or,  I'm interested in other strategies to try to leverage the property for investment without a traditional sale that would affect their benefits.Thank you,Scott S. 

In total there are about 150 line items on mine.

I'm going to go by tomorrow with the realtor and I'll see if he has that information, including any information on the roof and other CAPEX type items. 

If so, can I then use a traditional mortgage for the remainder of the purchase?

But the traditional commission model doesn’t work because no one with the requisite skill to find said deal is going to go through the BS of a HUD foreclosure (for example) for a $600 commission.

I have taken and Airplane   a Mercedes and a Boat  few other odd items as trade for real estate .. with the airplane being the best one.. but its hard to get them to do that because most that want cash and all I had to trade was vacant building parcels.. so with cash flow that might be different but they would have to come up with cash to settle your mortgage or put a loan on it to take your mortgage out.. you don't want to sell sub too in that instance as its fraught with seller risk and it will impinged your ability to get new financing.. 

You can forget about maintain the home if you rent including the possible capital expense items that may happen before you raise your reserve account used to save part of your rental fees plus you will eleminate travel expenses to keep up with its maintenance and possible capital expense repairs. 

The lease includes an itemized list of utilities including Water/Sewage, PG&E and Wifi.

An attempt to notify the former tenant, storage of their items (with cost to the former tenant if applicable), is standard law wherever I've lived.