ROACH INFESTATION ADVICE

[Sadiq Muhammed]

I have come across a duplex in a class B area in good shape. Each side has 3 bed rooms, 2 baths. The asking price is $60,000, and each side rents for $650. One side of the unit is rented by a very clean family of 4. The other side is rented by a family of 6. It is very junky, has a bad odor, and I saw numerous roaches. The junky family has rented this property for 8 years. Is this deal as simple as getting an exterminator in every few months, or is there a deeper problem here that threatens the beauty of this deal?