When the tenant didn’t pay July rent, they took steps to clean out the property to repair it.

Tenets are usually from a clean background and hold good jobs.

Get your books in order though as will need to have clean and clear records.Best of luck!

Or hire someone to clean the debris every month for you to save money in the short term.I used HELOCs to stop myself from selling properties to get equity.

what one of my C class bigger opeators does though is if he has carpets.. he will clean them then just die them a darker shade until they are black literally.. before replacement  . if your buying strong B class your turn over issues wont be as acute generally speaking but these morris houses and any house in any city that is on the low end of the rental spectrum this is your tenant base. so account for turn over accordingly... boost your cap ex and maintenance numbers .. this will help to alleviate these large turn over costs... at least you know going in.

Who cleans the common areas?

I'm guessing they are trying to clean up the high numbers of rentals and convert to more SF owner-occupied housing.

Tax sale is sometimes the best way and only to to clean up and transfer title.If you were to work with the heirs in order to probate the estate and transfer title you can run into a lot problems.  

Some even come straight from their accounts.Maybe I just have reliable tenants or a good mail service, but it has been a bullet proof and an easy ritual for me and my tenants; even  if still old school, it is a  durable process that works with any tenant, at any level of tech or financial sophistication, even avoids any tech glitch, is low fee, and survives any bank merger, bank policy rule (or fee), etc. 

Although it may be difficult to completely mask the smell, make sure your charcoal filters are being cleaned or replaced regularly.