Worth buying rental property with lead status unknown?

[Matthew Brenner]

When is it worth purchasing a rental property when the presence of lead paint is "unknown"?

There are cities in MA where nearly every buy-and-hold investment property was built during the days of lead paint. The gross majority of these have not been tested. I am under the impression that lead paint remediation can easily run $30k or more. but it is hard to find exact numbers.

How do you handle lead paint risk in your investments?

Thanks for taking the time to reply!