As landlord's, we have a responsibility to maintaining the property as well as moral and ethical responsibilities to the tenants. 

But my theory in this situation is you would be relieving your current landlord from repairs, and the moral obligation of knowing he has to do the repairs.

He like me believes this is morally wrong (and it pisses him off) however it is the real world and bitching about it doesn't help anybody. 

-Create a positive morale in the building - decorate for the seasons. 

The moral of the story is, me and my potential clients lost out on an opportunity because some big girl or big boy out there had the guts to pull a trigger sight unseen.

I told her that she's not contractually obligated to list with him, but she feels morally obligated that if she let me look inside the homes then she needs to get him involved.

But that's not the moral of the story here, which is: opportunity is where you find it.

unless you like to talk little old ladies into selling their homes for far less than they are worth.. ( moral issues) ..  

One guy wanted $50/board, not including material, the other wanted $35/board not including material.The moral is there is no substitute for bringing contractors on site and getting bids.  

Also 4 units is a bit annoying to self manage, and those Mililani condos are 1970 construction, can't hurt to trade it into for brand new 2020 construction ;)That said, selling and 1031 was a pain, NOT passive, and moral of the story for me is don't sell real estate, ever, unless you have a gun to your head.