I would guess that at least one would want it to be sold on the open market at full price.Deaths, relatives, and unearned money up for grabs seems to bring out the most greedy relatives one could imagine....unless you are Steven King!

@Ira Jeter I guess a good question would be what would it rent for?

Guess who’s paying that commission....YOU. 

I'm guessing the post was written by a millennial who has NEVER owned property.

Considering that extra info, I guess I would probably try the temporary/free units and keep apologizing to the tenant and keep pushing the warranty company and do my best to stretch everyone along. 

Using leverage, one could potentially buy significantly more in that same 10 year period and retire after that.I guess like most things..."

But either way, just run the numbers on all scenarios and that should take the guess work out.

4 - At no time in the above post did you mention anything at all about the following 2 very important prerequisites to moving forward -      a - Your goals (financial)     b - Your current knowledge base5 - ...I guess that's enough for now...but there are more items...I just choose not to mention them at this time since the above list makes the rest of them a moot point.

More of a joint venture I guess to obtain the home with other peoples money and then fixing up and managing the properties myself once the ARV is higher and I can cash out the people who put the money in.

The estimated payback period of solar panels varies with location and cost of electricity, but a good guess is somewhere between 7 - 9 years, depending on a host of variables.