Assuming you are buying this on a residential retail sale contract, most states require it to be habitable.

Get in the habit.

Landlord shall carry out all required repairs in as reasonable time as possible in accordance to applicable laws, but shall not be liable to Tenant for any disruptions or inconvenience to Tenant as a result of damages or repairs or any claim that the Premises is uninhabitable (except to the extent of any non-waivable warranty of habitability provided by applicable laws).And he keeps arguing back and forth that they didn't cause the issue and contradicting himself by they don't do dishes v.s. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Any secret habits to share?

Is that a fixed requirement or is it possible to get a conventional loan sooner if you show improvements in credit score and financial habits?

Our lives are a reflection of our habits more than our education.

As crazy as this sounds you can exit faster and with less harm than leaving the military(lol).I think there are only 3 people in the WORLD who became Billionaires working for someone else(versus owning/selling/starting a company or being born with a Billion) up until 2010ish.  

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.