The previous owner did the kitchen on the cheap and the shelving and cabinets are droopy from water damage (not wood cabinets) - pretty much unusable as there are holes from the bottom drawers being detached or losing its shape. 

I think you may be right, that if I'm doing a lot of marketing, I may well come across too many deals--or at least, deals that I'm not eager to do myself but which may still have monetary value to others. 

I've been renting a house for awhile.. years actually.. and it has every problem you can think of.. mostly rats and bugs because theres holes and cracks in the doors and places in carpet where mice or rats been getting in and out. then guy raised my rent so i could get pest control but only does it like every 10 months. just say i found something better but the real question is this if i give my landlord a 30 day notice (im not on a lease) but the place im trying to move to might not actually be ready for maybe a week or two after the 30 day notice so in that time ill be homeless if i decided to move out after the 30 days..

Big companies simply drill holes around either the entire property, or in localized cases around the infestation.

Am generally not a fan of inheriting tenants and if I do, I prefer that my lease be implemented, but clearl y that is not always realistic.Thank you though for this suggestion and I am going to try to see if working it from your suggested angle will work here in Colorado.In the end, I want to set up a lease that does not have holes, that an attorney, God forbid we ever have to evict (though these tenants do not seem like the type to cause any issues and I generally am a good landlord and stay away as long as you are following policy, so thus having a detailed lease that covers most all and then just backing off.My inspections are generally once a year, outside of the move-in, move out.I also stay very engaged in the running of my property, thus self-managing as in the end, I strive to provide a place I would enjoy living and I actually live on one of my properties.Long story short, don’t care for the very vague lease that the current property management company has running.Additionally I have little confidence in the way they were managing the property.The property has so much potential but has clear signs of neglect and I intend to change that as I never simply abandon my properties.On the question of current lease, I have combed through it repeatedly and do not see any mention of what happens at lease expiration only what happens when tenants are seeking to terminate their lease, “30-day written notice required”.No stipulation on what is required of landlord at end of lease and/or automatic renewal, both items that I cover in my lease and another reason, why am not a big fan of the existing lease.Leaves out a lot.I prefer having systems in place where there is little chance of misunderstanding, so thus the nerves on this one, but I will get through, thanks to you all for all your great advice!

Carrying a bad investment with the hope of turning it around while digging a deeper hole seldom succeeds.

I have had a crazy strategy in the back of my mind I want people to poke holes in.

One of the bathtubs had a bowling ball sized hole in the bottom (?

We have dealt with a lot of frozen properties & in most cases you will need to replace all the copper as pin hole cracks can appear in several places in one length.

So BP, poke holes in this plan please!!