They are now telling me the drawers started breaking when they moved in and deteriorated soon after. 

There were 2 fence boards that needed me to secure with screws after they came loose and when I did, I noticed that the backing/supporting 2x4 was pretty deteriorated, but the fence boards went back into place well enough. 

The Police force is deteriorating.

Even if unmodified, the shields/sleeves on the wires have deteriorated with age - or become part of someone's nest - leaving exposed wiring in walls, ceilings and attics ... we had an incident a few years ago where a tenant drove a nail to hang a mirror and shorted out three rooms {new acquisition at the time that has since been rewired}.Additionally, household electrical demands (a few light bulbs, a radio, and {perhaps} an electric icebox and/or range) were far less in the age of K-n-T and installations were not designed to accommodate today's electronic lifestyle.  

You'll also want to ensure you have a good property manager to look after the upkeep of the property if you are not there to notice anything deteriorating or which may need attention.Creating an LLC in California would cost you a minimum tax of $800 every year.

Plus property depreciates because it really does depreciate/deteriorate.

If no one does the probate the property deteriorates rapidly and is often sold for unpaid taxes.

He was diagnosed with alzheimer's at 76 and deteriorated for 8 years until his passing.

I moved to be closer to my parents as their health has deteriorated, so sold the house and deployed those funds plus others both out-of-state and also in my new state.My old house went from $4M to $5M in the three years since we moved, but my portfolio that I purchased with the net proceeds has done WAY better both due to better appreciation coupled with leverage and it is cash flowing as well.I'm struggling to find good cash flow, due to interest rates, even in Arizona, Idaho and Utah. 

Then I kept a timeline for January  as the requested and informed land lord on the 15th ,knock on wood only failed once since Jan 2, then waited 2 more weeks to inform that its deteriorating again. 8 more times and now twice a day, I gave journal with rent warning that it’ll fail completely soon I fear.