You can search this registry to see if DEA did a "cleanup" of the property:http://www.justice.gov/dea/clan-lab/clan-lab.shtmlI've seen 20/20 or 60 Minutes episodes that showed the residual levels of hazardous chemicals present in structures used as meth labs.

I am sure you will be getting harsher tones, but it is sort of like me saying "Hey I go into homeless shelters and get food that I sell for profit to an elderly care facility...

How about those who check to see if the property you are purchasing might have some environmental hazards/ chemicals or might have been built on some old dumpster/gas station? 

Once you are done, say patching some epoxy on the window sill, or painting a wall, or baseboards...how do you prevent the chemicals from being licked or scratched? 

With the housing downturn in 2008, I got out of the home building industry and pursued jobs in nuclear and chemical project management and engineering management.  

In the long term, I hope I'll be as good a source of information for the members here as you've all been for me.With regard to background, I'm a Chemical Engineer by the way of schooling but for the last 8-9 years I've been running a steadily growing business in the Software Services industry.

I would suggest you find out who the chemical (soap) supplier is and the maintenance person and talk with them.

Chemical Bank does loans down to 25,000 in cincinnati ohio.

You have to get in all those little grooves and you have to sand or use chemical agent for paint adhesion.

Tenant agrees not to use caustic drain cleaning chemicals in any of the drains or plumbing fixtures.