If you failed to properly notify the landlord, in writing, of deficiencies, and furthermore failed to lodge a formal complaint with the local code enforcement people, then again you have no one to blame.If your rental agreement does not address snow removal or who pays for what utilities, YOU should have been asking questions.

I run a exterior corridor independent lodging property.

As a commercial hard money lender I can tell you that out of 300 loans I've made in the last 9 years only 3 have been lodgings.

I also have an oceanfront home in Hawaii, a ski lodge in Aspen, a Villa in Italy, a hundred foot yacht, 3 Mercedes, a  Porsche and a Ferrari.

It is zoned for up to 10 single family units, or up to 20 lodging (Hotel/Motel) units.

CHBO / Corporate Housing by Owner has a FREE resource library once you register for free where you can learn all the ins and outs of this lodging segment. 

There are plenty of reasons it could make sense to be a renter, but financially speaking over the long term it makes less sense than buying a home for one simple reason: you are paying tomorrow's lodging costs with yesterday's dollars.

Kyle, I'm pretty familiar with the area; I have family in Billings, Red Lodge, and in between.

The funny thing I learned about the average labor person in Mass, you know, the husky dudes wearing flannel, is that they would prefer to sit in their basement smoking pot all day or hanging out at their basement bar with their buddies bitching about having no work and playing video games or still thinking the crappy band they are in is cool because they get to play the local PNA or Elk's lodge once every few months.

Either way won't be pretty mainly now that the Black Sands Lodge (camp) , Super 8 and the Nova Hotel are burnt to the ground.