Big headache - elevated mold counts in rental

[Bruce Chang]

Our family owns a 100 year old building. The tenant complained of mold so we had a mold inspector come in and the counts are high in the bedrooms.  Tenant has been there for many decades, and is a slob.   The inspector is recommending mold remediation in the bedrooms.  There is visible mold on the window sills and frames. Sills are also caked with dust.  No visible mold on walls.  Now he is recommending that we also air test the rest of the house.  I know that the epa says that if visible mold growth is present, sampling is unnecessary.  Do we need to do more air testing?  I'm just concerned that we are opening up another can of worms as it is more than likely that it will be high in other parts of the house as I suspect the wall-to-wall carpet is contributing to the high counts.  I don't see the point in doing it, if we are more than likely going to rip it all out anyway.