AND you'd have no right really to go in there and disrupt the tenant's lives to improve the units so you could get higher rents or sell the property for a premium.

A second mortgage, however, should not prevent or disrupt the sale.

  $15-20 per hour is standard which might be a bit high given the ease of the tasks but you need to take into account the fact that they are driving out and disrupting their life for what is often a 10=30 min task. 

Appraiser and electrician were came out the same day, back to back appointments to minimize disruption to the tenant.

its common in multi family in SFR though its not uncommon to have a home inspection once your in contract and finacing is approved. you want to limit your tenants disruptions.. because there is also going to be an appraisal if your financing.. we try to  do appraisal and inspection same day when ever possible.

Local Legislation, tenant pool quality, tax legislation, natural disasters, job market growth, saturation of real inventory, and real estate market disruptions through innovation are a few of the things that you cannot control.

But to your point i need to button up my lease to see what language covers disruptions to otber tenants and point to that as recourse.

The flow of the house is disrupted in that the garage is a long haul to the bathroom.

If guests disregard the check out time, especially after asking and being told "no," I will charge 1 night's stay against their damage deposit IF their tardiness actually resulted in a disruption to my cleaners' schedule such that I need to compensate them extra, or I have to delay check in for the next guest; otherwise I'll just ding them on the review for how well they follow the house rules.

I don't recommend disrupting them to look unless there is a chance you would want to put an offer in.