However, as a landlord, I also see how it can discourage investment and make it challenging to maintain properties properly.

There are plenty of centuries old houses on the east coast that have been upgraded and properly maintained over the years.

The answer is likely no because it sounds like they're not grounded properly. 

I'm not sure how you can maintain a scaled and properly trained staff this way, but they're certainly trying. 

If we are given a proper 30 day notice - we can usually have a tenant ready to move in within 2 weeks of the exiting tenant moving out.  

Some do but the tax sale has to be done properly and title otherwise good.

Aloha @Jay Patel,  VA's are awesome if you properly train them. 

Everything is in writing & signed by tenant & landlord - no verbal promises  If they ask you to fix something, write up a work order on the spot or ask them to send you an email/text request (sneaky way to get proper email & phone #).  2.

The intent is the sponsor needs to know enough about investor to feel comfortable the investor has the financial knowledge and acumen to properly evaluate the potential risks and benefits of any investment and the financial stability to invest capital for a 5 to 7 year period.Topics of discussion with sponsor would be:Income, credit, job stability, prior investment experience either with real estate or other asset types, education level, occupation and profession, amount of savings or funds in retirement accounts.Hope this helps.

In my opinion, most risk management comes from proper deal analysis and not specifically what is in the loan docs.