Do you live close enough to drive by or visit the house frequently to make sure of its continued condition?

Repairs (which fluctuate, depending on the condition of the property, and the tenants)

I'm guessing the roof and exterior were in good condition.  

In a recent house, we found:- Lots of ammunition (sold it in bulk for $500 to a gun collector from Facebook)- Baseball cards (sold 4 cards for total of $200 on eBay)- Large Buck knife collection (sold most of them for $600 on eBay, saved a few)- Several thousand comic books (book value probably $1000-3000, though we haven't sold them yet)-  About two dozen books from the 1800s, in very good condition (likely not worth much, but very cool, and there is one book that has a good story to go with it that might help me to meet Neil deGrasse Tyson)-  An air rifle from the 1870s. 

Post a legal notice to enter to find out the condition of the property and to determine if it is abandoned, following the local landlord-tenant laws and using their definition of abandonment. 

Other than the rot it's in perfect condition..renter ready.

Maybe my view is skewed, but I see a non relative home occupant who wants to have as much free "time" in a property he doesn't own before its foreclosed on so he can live rent free while he finishes the work on his own home.

Another avenue to take would be to do a purchase option with the specific condition of being able to obtain a right-of-way easement to a main road from one of the neighboring property owners.

What kind of condition is the property in?

Is it condition?