If the tenants leave cereal boxes out and the house gets overrun with ants, it's still your responsibility as the landlord to have pest control in place to prevent or treat the problem.

Make sure you understand the basic math, what qualifies as a good investment, how to manage your investment and prevent losses, etc.I would start with Set For Life by Scott Trench.

(I just went through probate when my mom passed and it sucks and would like to prevent my successors from having to deal with the same if possible).Bonus question, one of my properties is still under mortgage, he mentioned something about transferring it to an LLC can trigger a due-on-sale clause but not when transferred to a Trust.

The amortization formula initially SETS the payment, but it does NOTHING to prohibit or prevent pre-payment of the principal - a.k.a., "accelerating" the loan to shorten the total term and lower the total interest paid over the life of the loan.If you think the Amortization Schedule Spreadsheet is wrong, contact Vertex32 and explain to them your findings.

Otherwise, you could also provide prevention recommendations somewhere on the lease that includes what you've mentioned above.Assuming you don't have a lawyer to help with your rental agreement you can find some sample clauses on a site such as Law Insider.

I guarantee it would be a big issue and there would be talk of how things can be corrected or prevented from such a rate of such. 

So even if you pick a state with stronger protections like WY or NV, the cause of action arose in the state where the tenant fell, so likely that the court where the accident happened would have jurisdiction.

It's quite ironic when you think that Tulum has regulations preventing from building more than 3 to 4 story highs and from building on 40% on any buildable lot.

@Ryan BrayHUD will not turn on the utilities and my guess is you are outside your 15 day window where you could at your own expense provided that the PCR report did not find anything that would prevent it.Your option is to ask your lender if there is any work around such as an escrow for repairs or an as-is appraisal. 

I won't get into too many details since the list would be long, but in 2021 I bought a house in Tucson for a part-time escape from Washington state winters while Airbnb'ing it the rest of the time. The previous owners...