There were some challenges in dealing with the seller as he had some substance abuse problems that he was still recovering from but overall not too many issues overall.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

It may crazy but sometimes closing an account can harm your score too.

Your advice Axl is dangerous, it's harmful, it's how things go horribly wrong for people. 

We have access to the mortgage company site so we know he pays on time and doesn't harm our credit rating.  

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.

What Stern’s bills would do is chip away at the state’s bad growth patterns that have put millions of people — including, more and more often, firefighters and first responders — in harm’s way.

Wouldn't that increase the risk of additional legal liability (long-term) and harm their chances of a sale (short-term)?

If the tenant doesn’t pay, their water gets shut off but the other tenants remain in harmed.

Its hard to do, but he'll come out with something bumbling...might even be the truth]"Well, no harm no foul, buy me a case of {??}

There is no harm in moving forward with the inspection, as long as you have the option to back out if it does not meet your expectations.