You might be able to file a complaint with the city for safety violations, but I would ask the landlord to fix it first.Again, my advice is to first come current with rent.

Since it'll be rented safety and liability are chief concerns for me.Thanks

Since it'll be rented safety and liability are chief concerns for me.Thanks

They seem to be pretty professional about it, in terms of cleanliness, organization and safety, but you never know.

I have had to send 4 disengagement letters (the same number of tenants we have have had to evict in the last year where we placed the tenants) to owners in the last year because they didn’t want to follow our guidelines or they didn’t want pay their bills or keep there property up to safety standards or they wanted to complain about everything (I’m sorry but we will not manage for slumlords) if you are a property manager don’t put up with toxic owners just as much as you wouldn’t put up with toxic tenants.

:)  I'll never fight tenants if they want to break a lease due to safety concerns but I wouldn't take a financial hit either.  

That's not nearly enough margin to cover repair costs, closing costs, financing costs, realtor costs, your profit, margin of safety, etc.I'm not familiar with the property's neighborhood, but your property management budget of 8% is on the low side. 

I didn’t start out part time, I jumped straight in as a full time agent and I feel this is the way to go because it forces you to stay razor focused on your business.

Once we inspected the property we were able to bring a safety hazard to the owners attention and negotiated a stipend for solving that issue.

“It’s about the safety of the other tenants in the buildings,” Carlton said.But Margaretta Lin, executive director of Just Cities, said landlords still have access to credit reports, references and employment information — all the things needed to determine if an applicant will make a good renter.