Many people are highly sensitive to mold and you could be looking at future lawsuits if you don't get a full clean bill from a reliable company and complete air testing, as well as fixing the moisture issue in full.

Just requires extra safeguards and steps to make sure you're successful.

I have raised rents on two units this year and explained to tenants that I am sensitive to their situation and want to be fair but, I also need to make sure I am covering cost increases from operating and this tends to do the trick and i have not gotten any pushback, they expect it.

To me this issue is somewhat time sensitive as we plan on selling the house ASAP while the market is on fire and re invest the money into a duplex.

Family formation, job offers across the country, babies, old people dying, these things are largely not rate sensitive.

It sounds like that's the most time-sensitive problem.  

I have to say that’s one thing I’ve never done.And kudos for being sensitive to your sellers other needs. 

Though that's somewhat offset because there's also a cost to them to obtain a new place.And there's the not so fun counterpoint perhaps: low-end tenants might be more likely to accept a rent increase they can't afford, intending to default on rent at some point, because they also can't afford to move.But even if low-end tenants are more sensitive to rent increases, there's a market for properties at every price point so it's a matter of me weighing the costs of tenant turnover vs. what I may be able to get rent-wise with a new tenant to cover my rising inflation costs, I'm assuming.Thoughts?

I think it's really a matter of how sensitive you are to those fluctuations.

What are the risks of inheriting tenants and what steps should you take to safe guard your investment if they won't sell the property vacant?