The driveway comes up to the driveway, and there is a lip of about 1" up into the garage.  

I'm still lip syncing and doin the moonwalk over here until I find my own show. lol

Each of those joints had a bit of a lip to them for stuff to hang up on plus there was still a bit of water laying in the pipe indicating that there was not a good slope to the line.

But, many people who knew (or knew about) Leo "The Lip" Durocher would agree with you.Robert

Just be sure to use your policy consistently, or you can open up the "discrimination" can of worms.Too add to what MikeOH said, You can pretty easily tell if a tenant is lying to you...their lips will be moving.

If their lips are moving they are lying .

He claims he stepped on a deck board outside and it popped up and busted his lip.

Can you go for lip stick on "pig" nice?

Not only about real estate investing, but I'd be able to point out all of the crappy lip-stick workmanship in this house.Best thing I can do at this point is make improvements.

I was.He renovated completely, so no major headaches for 10-15 years, and with bi-yearly inspections, his units will stays relevant on the market.Also the Section 8 tenants, what do you think they will choose: the brand new renovated, trendy unit, or the one "lip-stick" good-enough renovated 10-20 years ago?