If they claim not to have seen your offer you file a complaint with the local board of realtors and also with the state's real estate commission. 

The key to success on this property was recognizing its market-ready condition.

Building relationships and finding the right deals will be key to your success - also make sure to start out small and go from there - don't get into something too big/you can't handle.

Their taxes have increased dramatically over the past 4 years, 150-200% increase across the board.

If you do more than one unit this way make sure you don't need a boarding house license in your town. 

I checked in two days later and he had completely botched the install- amongst other things he staggered every other joint and the place looks like a checker board.

Often times when a builder/buyer moves too fast, or is too busy and overlooks a key piece of due diligence, the unethical ones will try the "scorched earth" method and blame everyone but themselves, even when they know it was their own mistake, and they'll see if they can scare you, the seller, the title company et al into paying damages/fixing their problem. 

Make sure they have keys in case the tenant isn't home, so they know they'll be able to get in.

I would imagine the best actions would be to immediately fire the management company, pass the keys onto a new one, sue the old one in small claims court for the listed damages.

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