Snow clean up? 

They cleaned the house and did a decent job. 

Typically, you will have some repaint, carpet cleaning or replacement, etc in each turn over.  

When auction.com had live auctions in 2008 to 2010 the auctioneer guaranteed the titles would be clean and free of liens and encumbrances, but today the auctioneers will not give any clue in regards to a clean title.

Use the deposit to handle cleaning and repairs, then refund the remainder.

I want to write the owners a letter (I'm 3 hours away) explaining the situation and asking them to at least pay the legal and recording fees for getting it cleaned up. 

Toilet paper, cleaning supplies, coffee, towels and sheets, laundry detergent, etc.  

We are in a great cash position to be able to put a good down payment, but conversations I've had about getting a mortgage have turned negative real quick just because I don't have a "regular" job.

Keep saving money until you land a regular full-time job again, get the job to confirm your salary, and then start looking once cleared by a lender.

Crime was way more than it was shown in city database as most of the things were never reported.Actual rent collection was only $4200 by 18 tenantsPark had very bad repo in area (Which was known to us)What we did after buying:Worked on road (new milling road), removed extra trees, cleaned 40-50 dumpster of trash.Worked with city development agencies to remove bad tenants via evictions or stationed police officers on weekend to deteriorate drug traffic, incentivized good tenants to provide us video /call cops with videos so that cops visits are frequent.Removed bad homes and brought in 7-8 newer homes from other parks.Repaired around 19 houses in last 18 months and brought up average rent $680 per home.