best bet is to hire a full season lawn / snow service that can do your property year round..Seasonal rates for each  snow and for lawn care.. get some bids.. your going to find the good companies are probably already booked for snow and won't touch you unless you contract with them also for lawn care.. so make sure and mention that when you call.. have them do the fall clean up.. and get started right away.. 

If you run into difficulty because you don't have experience taking care of property, you could always try an FHA loan.  

I'd bet it gets taken care of one way or another.

Please take care & keep us posted how you make out.

Although I'm looking to buy multifamilies, I found myself in a situation where I need to buy a personal home. Going to bid on a Xome home. Already had one auction where the reserve price wasn't met. (I was not the bid...

Solid inventory of older homes built in the 50s-70s, older folks dying with ownership who have done virtually nothing cosmetically but still took care of the home, etc.

Vacancy (figured roughly based off 5% of monthly rent): $70Rent: $1400Cash flow: $110Another pro to this is that my family will be taking care of property management because they live in the area with several other properties around that they currently manager for free of charge (I will be responsible for capex costs, but day to day managing will primarily be done through them).

Great tip!

My immediate needs with BP are to learn the most effective ways to identify leads and obtain financing, along with tips and tricks on buying and managing MF property outside my local market - this is a big desire but also a big concern, not having done it before.  

I'm assuming the reason rents are so low is because the current owner lives in the 4plex, my guess is the property may be owned free and clear, resulting in the owner not caring about the low rents.