We hear lots of complaints about landlord laws, delinquent tenants, and homeless encampments causing trouble/damage. 

However, it is important to keep in mind that foreclosures can come with additional risks and challenges, such as property damage or outstanding liens. 

For example, the first realtor viewed the property for us but missed out major damages until I flew in myself and saw the property.

I was thinking your floors should be last so they dont get damaged while all the work is getting done.

In your case properties appear to be fairly low value already, which suggests low demand and the potential to damage property values by building mfh there.

Most of the damage in NJ from the hurricane took place in south jersey.

I totally value and want a property manager to take the day-to-day management off my hands, but on issues with tenant damage and I would like to be kept up to date on matters, as well as have copies of all notices provided to the tenants for my own record keeping. 

In this case it involved removing the damaged mailbox and installing an equivalent one.

Simply explain to her that you need enough detail in the itemized list to use against some of the damages that the tenant caused which were above and beyond normal wear and tear. 

However one thing I didn't anticipate was, while the aged sewer line could easily hand two people living in the property, when my tenants moved in and when the load on the sewer system went to five people, it couldn't keep up.Turns out the line had been damaged over time (orangeburg pipe) and was too narrow, so I had to pay to get it replaced.