Asbestos siding in MD

[CJ Witmer]

Tonight, we looked at a recently reduced house in MD with asbestos siding. It obviously needs painted at the very least, but we took along a contractor friend who seemed pretty certain Maryland would make us completely remove it, but he wasn't sure. I reached out to someone else who manages properties in MD and he said there is no concern with asbestos during inspections, but the insurance company might not insure it. I did email my insurance guy as soon as this came up, so I am waiting to hear from him. Our other rental (in PA) is asbestos siding and insurance guy and inspectors never said it would be a problem as I specifically asked. I guess my question is, does anyone know for certain if asbestos siding is ok to leave exposed (we would paint it) in Maryland for a rental property or a fix and flip? We haven't decided which we'd do yet. Hopefully I'm in the right forum category here! Thanks, CJ