Let me throw my two cents on top as well to hopefully cement your decision.This house is a bad investment.

I used to use epoxy but fusion is also very stain resistant and acrylic so easy to use....not cement based but it looks cement based.

Just need battery-operated smoke detectors in each bedroom, hallway, and in the basement near the stairs.

I even asked an inspector for a copy and he says he can't provide that only office has them this was in regards to proper code on height requirements for stairs and railings.

The cleaner dramatically threw up her hands in a huff, ran down the stairs, and screamed hysterically, "I can't believe you didn't like my job!  

In Oregon for instance one city ban's nightly rentals  No Air BnB  you must have a permit to do this and they only give out a small hand full.This also illustrates clearly that when you buy rentals that are going to be section 8 your property is what it is and will never really go anywhere as for good bad or indifferent you are on the face lower the perception and reality of the area... so when you look at what's happened in the last 20 years were rental business has exploded into mom and pops you have whole sections of towns and cities that will go through and have gone through exactly what this article describes.The only time this reverses is if like this property its a big complex and the owners have the right to do this... or if its SFR in an area of a city that is regentrifing @Ben Leybovich  watching the move Thomas Crown Affair when I was on the stair master and the lead female ( Rene Russo) character was born and raised in Lima Ohio... how random is that.

At some point the guy down stairs was told that the uppers "have it out for him" .  

Just looking for some tips on the best way to remove glued down carpet from wood stairs.

If you're installing over a plywood or OSB subfloor, you need to install cement board and lay your tile with modified thinset mortarI would use a penetrating sealer on the tile. 511 Impregnator, available at Home Depot, is probably the best-known and most effective variety of this kind of sealer.

If the surface is raised more than 1 inch difference between sections,, then it's a trip hazzard and they would replace the entire section, or cut out I will say if the city does the work they contract with cement guys and they do it at a better price than what you could probably do yourself.