and I fix it myself myself.I only recommend this for people who have the time to do it, are handy, and are not afraid of the possibility that a defective light switch could result in adopting a kitten or checking a fence for evil paper wasps could obligate a sibling to adopting a evil Malaysian Tokay Gecko that was not evil enough to deserve death from an unusually cold Florida winter.Being a landlord has had a few completely unexpected consequences lol.

Is there a major defect you noticed?

Physical condition: Beyond repairing any obvious visible physical defects, a fresh coat of paint, new striping in the parking field, and some basic landscaping improvements.

But as a short term rental i dont think guests will see or understand the defects of the house and i can slowly fix the issues over time.

These are houses that have good bones, no major defects but need a cosmetic upgrade as they have the same decor as they did in the 60's when the little old lady who's selling it to you bought it.

(k) to neither hold not attempt to hold the Landlord or Landlord's agents, employees, or insurance companies liable for any injury, loss or damage to persons or property arising from any unknown cause, or arising from fire, floods, riots, governmental actions, acts of God, terrorism, interruption of utility services, or from the defect of the Property not called to the attention of the Landlord by Tenant in writingThe tenants should file a claim with their renters insurance. 

If it seems too good to be true and you see no problems they are probably just hidden defects.

Out of those that get accepted is where you dig into the collateral files and match up against the Title report to note any defect in title and confirm the assignment chain. 

If the previous owner had defective title and the cause of that defect was not addressed in the tax deed process then even a prior owner or lien holder could have a claim.

But if you find hidden defects they will sometimes give you a credit for it.Around here lots of houses from the mid-1900's used clay sewer pipe.