You don’t have unlimited rights to disturb the other tenant while you’re under contract, so you bring your home inspector and/or contractors during your 4-6 hour “inspection” and get all the repairs you’re going to ask for and/or bids to do the work all in one go.

The crime reports are things like petty theft, domestic disturbance type things.  

With 5 tenants in there, he doesn't want people disturbing them without knowing we're on the same page. 

None of this "we don't disturb our tenants with Buyer inspection" BS line you hear sometimes.  

A disturbing number of them are living in way too much house, driving way too much car, and are not saving or investing enough of their healthy paychecks.

There is no written documentation for this.He now wants me to buy the range from him for $250 so as to not "disturb" the tenant. 

That's kind of disturbing if thats the case because there are plenty of legitimate reasons to change your intent (and in this case I do agree that an accident once in a while is fine but a patter of lucky accidents is not so bueno). 

Or maybe he already has someone lined up for the purchase and doesn't want to waste his time showing you propert and disturbing the tenants.Just my guess!

I’m rewiring mine so that would separate the 3 unit without having to disturb the tenants.

@Todd Powell yes, unless it becomes too obvious and a disturbance.