Let’s be honest, most of this is just a human response that happens before we make a big decision – the fear of failure.

As others have mentioned, you have to have a human involved at some point. 

As a landlord for over 22 years and one who pays attention to the human element of property management, I would not be so quick to follow the advice of previous posters. 

I think it was dogs and cats that lived in that house and not humans at all by the stench of the odor.

NO COMPASSION FOR HUMANITY NO RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY MONEY GRUBBING (3 X RENT CONTROLLED CHECKS - devil gotta good price for that sole)Bev, do you OWN any rentals at all, or do you just waste other people's money?

And if that is your idea of "a sense of humor," I now have a much better understanding of who you are as a human being.Thanks for clarifying that for everyone...

I've dealt with fire, flood, theft, squatters, copper thieves, gunplay, fleas, cockroaches, a crawlspace full of human waste, a pitfull, police, a tree falling on the neighbor's garage, city inspectors that I wanted to fistfight, calls to 911, tenant's probation officers, shingles blowing off a house, siding blowing off a house, used needles left in a house, mirror with cocaine on it left behind by a tenant, crackheads, single moms hitting on me so I don't evict them, neighbors that hate my tenants, tenants that hate the naighbors, bounced checks, and all around general stupidity that makes me want to pull out what hair I have left.I will try to think of a good story that applies.

One thing to consider, if he can report the issue to health and human services, he can pay rent into an escrow account and the landlord won't get it until she fixes the issues.

(I'm kind of a science and human nutrition fanatic) Recently, I changed my major to Business... lol IDK what I'm doin with that. and I'm sure there is no "Real Estate Investor" as a major lmao.

Ziv, I expected you to go off on some liberal human rights rant because I hire mexicans for a reasonable wage.