We remodeled the house, fixed it up, had it treated for termites, and then made it into one of my best rentals...but of course the story doesn't end there.We treated the wood but the chemical today used isn't like it was years ago.

BTW, if they are dirt bags, criminals or cookin up a new batch of chemicals, they won't ever open the door. 

A home is a stack of wood, metal, and other synthetic and raw materials...

Train derailed 3 miles away carrying some hazardous chemical etc.

An uninsured worker that gets hurt on your property or a contractor digging up a gas line with a back hoe or disposing of toxic chemicals like paint or solvents into an environmentally sensitive area can result in a huge liability that can easily exceed the value of the property.

I also just graduated from Pitt in April 2017 with a bachelors in chemical engineering... sounds like we were in the same graduating class, small world and H2P!

I’m interested in buy and hold rentals, specifically duplexes and triplexes, and would very much like to start using the BRRRR strategy.Right now I work full time as a Chemical Engineer, but I’d love to build a real estate portfolio that would allow me ditch the 9-5 if I decided I wanted to.

I would just like to introduce myself.My name is Les Ilive in Cheshire England.I have been investing in property since christmas 2006 i was made redundant after 25 years in the chemical industry. since then i have purchased six props using the NMD route most of them needed full refurb's.i am very interested in the options route this seems very popular here at the moment.i am part of a group of investor's.

They have a high likelihood of containing micro-organisms or chemicals.

So I had time to think, and decided one of the things in the my acceptance/counter was that they would have clean up the residues, fumes, chemicals, and odors of the fragrance and toxic chemicals in the house, and come down to 170 or a bit less, maybe pay closing costs, all or half.