The more you talk to them, the better you will get at overcoming their objections and finding the solution. 

Some of the small trees were taken down, the lawn was mowed, and an old fence was taken town so you can actually see the front of the house now which will have brand new siding installed as apart of the last phase of the project.

But, they have large trees that could pose future maintenance/costs to remove.

Shortly, I will have this property closed & I can begin the search again for a creative solution to my lending woes.Best of luck to all.

It's low enough that you could probably finance it initially using credit cards or maybe a hard money loan as others have suggested, but these aren't good long term solutions for a rental and that's where the bad part of the low price of the house comes into play.

Around the Great Depression, when the land was worn out from reparative corn and cotton farming it was prime time to scoop up large tracts of land from people that were land rich, cash poor.I think these laws in SC goes back to the CCC days as during these same times companies like West Virginia Pulp and Paper (Westvaco), Weyerhaeuser and others came buying up worn out and abandoned farm land planting trees and did not want to be locked out of their timber land investment.

I don't see an easy solution.

Renting it out is just a simple solution for now.  

Should I just be patient or can I find a solution within the next six months?

Really the best solution would be to find an agent like @Wayne Brooks who is one of the most knowledgeable an intelligent posters on this website.