Might not be as much spread in these as you would think.The strategy I see on these is buy the HOA lien....then clean it up enough to get it rented, and then rent on month to month at discounted rate until #1 forecloses and evicts the tenant. 

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Ask the other owners who they recommend for cleaning, handyman, appliance, pest, plumber, electrician,  HVAC if you are not using a PM, or ask for PM recommendations if you are going with a PM.4.

I've recently finished reading Brandon Turner's "The Book on Rental Property Investing" and am about 50% through David Greene's "BRRRR." 

We had a couple of appraisals come from properties before the contractor had fully cleaned up the outside of the house from leftover boards etc.

So my second answer would be put a tenant in it. 88k gross on short term includes cleaning and utilities.

I'm currently pouring everything I've got into fixing up a new office space, but once it's done then I'll invest only out-of-area.David Greene has a great book that explains the whole process.

If they're decent tenants, I'll also incentivize them by letting them leave without cleaning and still get a full refund of their deposit immediately after confirmation there's no damage.2.

Goals and story: My friend is a foreign national, immigration status has been approved but still waiting on green card, has social security and runs a lucrative business that mostly deals in cash.

I feel it's better to move them out, clean the unit up, and rent it at market rate to someone you've selected.