Ziprent will write the lease, execute it, then get the tenant in the unit and collect first month's rent and deposit.

Perhaps shifting your mental to approach to a continuum of "Least Optimal" to "Most Optimal" is better phrasing. 

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

For the last 20 years the Federal Reserve's dual mandate has been to prop up both the SP 500 and the Nasdaq, not its purported goal to maintain price stability and maximize employment. 5 days ago a collection of Democratic senators wrote a letter haranguing Jerome Powell and asking him to cut by 75 basis points.

In short, getting the place restored was akin to remediating damage from a natural disaster.In the trash and belongings abandoned by the tenant, he also left the OM for his healthcare real estate endeavor, nasty-grams from the IRS about his personal taxes, and collections letters from several creditors after him.I got burned here and so did my property manager.

.--- Make sure seller at least collects & prorates November rent to you!

This is not optimal for return, but I have a similar issue with my properties that if there was not the recent interest hikes, I may have refinanced. 

If some funds are available, is the standard 25% down 30 yr fixed loan optimal or would you recommend different financing?

There are many lawsuits filed against them, and they have failed to repay many past investors - I personally know of at least 20 people who are collectively owed millions. 

If a rental/lease contract is a legally binding document...enforced by collecting rent...or enforced by an eviction process if rent is not paid....then can there not be a document (legally binding) for a tenant to sign that would relinquish their rights as a squatter or due process of eviction...