It is important to iron out these details when planning the deal.

@Nick Keesee,Here in Dallas a lot of investors meet at the Spring-creek BBQ, and they hand out flyers on what they do and looking for, and I have never seen an SEC agent hiding behind a stack of ribs ready to say hands in the air.Joe Gore

Copper or cast iron baseboard?

I just bought a condo and was able to rent it out immediately.The previous owner did a lot of upgrades to the condo and left their very nice stainless steel refrigerator and wine fridge.They also left a gas BBQ grill in the backyard which I didn't test to see if it's still functional.My new tenant moved in yesterday and texted me to ask me to move the BBQ.

Electric baseboard in a cold climate is a terribly expensive way to heat, perhaps second only to burning $1 bills in a cast iron stove.

I'm thankful he left when we told him to, the worst thing I think (besides not mowing the lawn for the 5 months he was there, and leaving piles of garbage) would be this: a huge industrial sized eye bolt used as the center support for the drapes, not sure if he was hanging iron curtains or what.

We'd obviously have to iron that out.I would be in charge of all maintence and he would be in charge of finding the renters.

(Acrylic, Cast iron, or?) 

From a logical standpoint, it seems like cast iron would be more durable, but I've read stories where the coating chips very easily.

It also means that the mortgage is still intact and the property is unlikely to have much equity.Remember, banks got TARP money, made profits up the yen-yang (ironically with lots of Chinese money) and these properties are just a pain to remediate on a large scale basis.