This is exactly what the "far right" talks about all the time, except it's not "far right," it's common sense.

A secondary issue is related to the unknown heirs - no guardian ad litem was appointed (though I'm not sure how commonly that's required in Maryland as opposed to Florida for example), and no professional  heir search service was utilized. 

This is extremely common and called "business use of a home" for tax purposes.3.

1) have a building inspector come out and see if your shower answer is legal, proper, and common. 2) if so, and there’s no other reasonable cure lower their rent for the inconvenience, offer to let them out of the lease?

@Jingwen Dunford It's also common to have the waterfall structure of an operating agreement define any excess cash over the preferred return as return of capital in addition to capital events such as a refi or sale.

*Two-wire ungrounded systems with two-prong receptacle acceptable *Two-wire ungrounded system with three-prong receptacle unacceptable unless supplied through GFCIBased on that, the 3-prong outlets you put in wouldn't pass if they test them.If you're interested, here's a list of the top 10 most commonly failed inspection items (in order from highest to lowest failure rate) from one county Housing Authority:1.

@Chris Seveney:I'm not talking about the SEC or regulators, I'm talking about LP litigation which is very common when deals go bad.

This is commonly referred to as rental arbitrage.

I am thinking about  replacing the floor for the common areas, bedrooms, bathrooms and private hallways for my rental in a nice neighborhood.

Granted MFH are more common in rougher parts of central jersey and my purchasing power can't acquire me something in North Jersey here homes are much more desirable when it comes to appreciation and schools and safety.