Hopefully as we do our due diligence, we will uncover anything that might have been covered up, and if so, I would adjust our offer accordingly.

After 55 years in Seattle, yes lived in the city, not the burbs, when Seafair was the only game in town; well, we also had the Sonics, anyway we've had enough with aforementioned socialism and landlord hate being spewn about, sold all of our investments and moved a few years ago to landlord liked, low taxed, free to breath, great growing economy, sunny, Very Profitable, friendly Arizona and haven't looked back.You hit the screwball on the head with your comment: "The city council is largely ignorant and socialist as is the current mayor.

I know for a fact we could hire one investigator at $50,000 a year and they would uncover enough fraud to pay for the position 4x over.But, just like legalized marijuana, I disagree with it but I can't stop the machine.

This is where we disagree, visit the property and/or hire your own inspector, and the attempted fraud would have been uncovered before it happened.

But when you consciously choose to invest in the not-so-nice locations, BUILD, BUILD, BUILD becomes extremely important.

My PM scheduled a yearly inspection they my property and uncovered these issues: Sprinkler eroded a hole in the dirt near the houseFascia has a gapTree needs a trimKitchen cabinet door won't close, replace hingesPressure wash concretePool Screen Panels torn, need repairScreen door latch needs replaceThen he quoted this work out and it came to $1145.

You must follow the rules exactly or you will pay tax on the 'uncovered' gain.

When we started renovating one side of the duplex, we uncovered multiple issues that drained most of our reserves.

One of the new resident's texted how happy she is and how much she loves it, thanking me for making her new place so nice. 

There are some things that a virtual inspection may not uncover.