There's a lot of things a lot of people can't do, because they don't have one.Costs and value trade-off is another discussion and I'd agree is out of control. 

Many people are very accustomed to roaches.As you said, they can be gotten rid of if you have clean tenants and a regular pest control program.

I wanted to find out if the property is under rent control or any type of restrictions.

Eastern Europe - Western Ukraine, Lviv, the very center of the old town, to be very precise.

The company subs out the larger jobs, and we have very little control over how much a plumber costs, etc.

And, you do lose control of some of your expenses.  

Technically this has been out of his control and it looks like he is working to get it fixed.

I could install a WiFi system and lock the control box, so only I can control it from my phone (so that tenants will have no choice but to water the lawn) but I could see tenants getting upset due to high water bills.This is solely about mitigating foundation issues for me, not about keeping a nice looking lawn.

One of the reason I became a GC is to be able to control risk.

I only want to be as precise and detailed as possible to help fix this problem.