Acquired at foreclosure auction, this property was occupied and required working with the resident to avoid the eviction process and find her new housing and a fresh start.

This will be a cash deal, is Phase 1 a good idea and baked into purchase agreement?

Leveled house- exterior paint, fresh landscaping, added privacy fence, interior paint, new windows, new mini split heat pump system, painted kitchen cabinets, new counters and hardware, new bathroom vanities and toilets, expoxied baby blue bathtub and tile surround white.

New construct and fresh rehabs all around.

Don't overthink it and just bake the solar lease into the rent.

Typical returns can be lower here due to high asset prices going-in, but asset prices are high because there is less of a risk premium baked into the valuations - ie. everyone knows that NYC is one of the most resilient and consistently performing markets year after year, so they're willing to pay a bit more and accept a bit less fundamental return on their money.  

You can start one "fresh" or rollover an old IRA or 401k plan (though not a ROTH) It does not require a "custodian", you administer the Trust yourself.

Negotiating from the start is tough because there is normally a lot of interest in a fresh, low value, listing.

It seems like it might be best to start fresh by hiring a new property manager, getting a third-party opinion on the home's value, and finding reputable help for determining what you can rent it out for.

You need to start fresh with a new tenant.