hello, aleko. i am a home inspector from the western new york area. the old cloth, 2 wire wiring is kind of dangerous, in my opinion. as stated earlier, the cloth gets brittle and can crumble with the slightest of touch. with rehabbing the place, you are going to disturb it, for sure. then, you have exposed wiring. fire hazzard. not to mention, a lot of this old wiring is made of aluminum, not copper, therefore, the heat it will carry without fail is far lesser that the copper type wiring. if you have an overload somehow, and the breaker doesn't trip, you are going to have a fire. the gfi's have to be grounded, thats the whole idea of a gfi. the g stands for GROUND. with the two wire system you have, where is the ground????

Minimal disturbance to your personal life, no long term commitment, fairly quick "success/failure" feedback, and you get your feet wet and see if you even like this business.  

@Keith JourdanWrite strengthen your lease terms about not disturbing the other residents and measure for compliance.

It is important if possible that your work space be secluded enough that you will not be disturbed by other family members while working, studying, or on the telephone with important contacts and sellers.

If I HAD found human remains or a torture chamber I probably would have titled the post "Human remains found during inspection" or "Torture Chamber, Duplex" In my opinion, the above is disturbing.. not creepy.The possibility of taking a shower and having someone peeping through a hole in the ceiling is creepy in my opinion. 

I would just let them know they are not to disturb you unless it's for emergencies.

Patrick's Day, I get a call from the local police saying there was an altercation at the apartment, and they say there was a domestic disturbance in the apartment.  

We wont disturb tenants on multi family properties until we feel there is  good chance an offer would be made.  

I agree with @Daniel MohnkernDaniel you being in California has a whole different set of potential problems as my parents have been on the wrong side of this situation and the end result was the tenants got to stay in the property for 9 months and then they had to pay for their moving expenses because of a "perceived" violation of their rights....Anyways as far as whether the property is abandoned if you are getting rent money then I would not disturb it, if you stop getting money and they are gone then thats a different story.

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