If I were in your shoes, and dead set on managing my own property, I'd reach out to a reputable, local property manager, like Cody, and see if you can't purchase good lease agreements from them.

After the money went to the IRA, I invested with a reputable RE hedge fund with a nice rate of return.

I would like to deal with a local attorney with good reputation and reasonable fees to handle this instead. 

The key to buying turn key is working with a reputable turn key company that has your interest in mind and make sure you are buying the right asset class in good neighborhoods. 

As long as you find a reputable abatement contractor, the cost shouldn’t be hugely more expensive.

Couple takeaways from my first deal...If there is a clean out drain that's easily accessible, pay $100 for a plumber to stick a camera down there and see if there's any tree roots.

Confirm that the provider has a pristine reputation (e.g.

If he has a valid invoice from a company, and no one has photo evidence otherwise, work was performed and the judge may side with him as we would assume a reputable company would not spend 70 hours cleaning an already cleaned unit.

Reputation takes a lifetime to build and an instant to lose.

It's the type of thing that gives landlords a bad reputation and can create hardship for the tenants.2) Even if you could get it renovated for $20-35K to comparable condition to next door, $2,300/month for a $295K all-in is not a very good return, especially for Philadelphia, unless it's truly in an A class neighborhood.3) Under your scenario, you're not buying it with any equity in the property, you're all-in for market value if the ARV is indeed $295K.