Might be the best investment to gain the knowledge you need.undercapitzlized investors have no business trying this stuff.. it leads to innocent sellers getting harmed..  

There comes a point when you are actually doing harm to yourself.

If there is no running water in the kitchen because you've got the countertops torn apart, then you do not have a habitable home (by most county standards). 

As a habit, I always did a public record search, takes about 10 minutes, to check for mtgs/liens before making an offer.

Those results won't be ready until next Tuesday and remediation is set to begin the same day.Tenants still upset and "constructively evicted" themselves due to failure of landlord to remediate the mold and breaching warranty of habitability despite the fact that we have been doing everything we can in a timely manner and can only go as fast as the process will allow. 

Smoking is a nasty habit but shouldn’t people be able to do so in their own homes?

Each dwelling unit must have one main egress door, as well as each sleeping room, basement and habitable attic must have a means of emergency escape (door or egress window).Additionally, the code (IBC) for 3+ units is much, much more strict than the code for 1-2 unit buildings (IRC). 

My fear is that it's reacting to something harmful in the air.

Also, there is no harm reaching out to some of the larger banks you plan to use for the re-fi and pick their brain.

people from habits & habits from form future procrastination is the thief of all profits focus on the rewards not the processyou dont have to get right, you just have to get it going tour eith consistent or non-existent