Any advice on how we should handle this?

Brokers handle a number of props at the same time.

@Steve Rozenberg:  Don't want to go on a tangent but given your experience, how do you handle major property renovations? 

I have a rental house in upstate NY (close to Buffalo) that is currently handled by a property manager.

Thank you Chad, for handling sheriff sale foreclosure property, what's the difference by using attorney and title company, I feel like they doing the same thing, make sure the title is clear and marketable.

She states "there is a clause that can be in effect that helps with the potential nightmare this could be, however I have never reviewed one".I've read otherwise; where the tenant can be reported to their social worker which then makes them responsible for handling these repairs themselves.Can anyone point me in the right direction to get the correct verbage to make this the tenant's responsibility?  

As it points out in the discussion this means there will be an excise tax charged on both transactions.I am going to bring this up at the May 26th meeting to see what the group has to say about this subject and how they are handling their closings. 

I intend to flip the house as quickly as possible since I have a hard money loan.What is the best way to handle this deal?

Whoever was handling the short sale either dropped the ball, or couldn't negotiate a settlement satisfactory to the hoa.

I've been researching this for myself as well, and I've come across two companies that are designed to handle the property management and cleaning services for you at a nominal fee.