In most states, the landlord (owner) is required by law (tenant landlord law) to maintain the property in a habitable state, which includes doing the typical maintenance.

If your local laws call for a certain habitability standard, some maintenance is a given.

I guess there's no harm in making lowball offers. worst case scenario they say no.

I just wonder that the report on his diet habits aren't blown out of proportion a bit.

The annual inspections that are conducted by the government to assure "habitable" housing make us landlords stay on top of things and make tenants clean up their act.

The beginning stages of how you form and run your real estate business, and the habits you make along the way, will be crucial to your survival in this brutal business.

It would be better to lose the deal now and work on a future solution, than to put yourself in harms way by trying to get too creative and force a deal.

Lead exposure is especially harmful to young children and pregnant women.

You made one mistake to cover another, and now you're beyond any help other than taking the next however many years to diligently dig yourself out.You CAN and really NEED to change your financial habits so that this doesn't happen again.The only hope you might find around here is that the next five years or so are going to provide you a perfect opportunity to learn to diligently and responsibly manage your finances.

Sanjeev, Welcome.I hope you are safe and far from harm with all that's been going on in India.