@Paul Ewing The stuff they sell at HD and Lowes in a plastic bottle, that is then wrapped in a ziplock type bag screaming death on it works well also.  

The solution here is very simple: don't talk to your family about real estate investing.Surgeons don't talk (likely) to their family about the science of surgery or the latest developments in it because it will be pointless conversation. 

We did work on it pretty diligently but both my wife and I had eye surgeries that delayed us, we worked on some other properties here and there, I made a trip to Africa for a couple weeks and so forth and so on.We'll have invested about $20k on top of the $6.5k we paid by the time we're done but it should be a low maintenance solid rental. (1 bed 1 bath will rent for $450.00)We can't sell it as we've invested about $50k worth of labor into it. lol.But when we bought it, it sure seemed like a great deal...

These items should beaddressed immediately.Basement 45 The insulation and plastic on the ceiling was full of water and likelymold on the west side of the cellar.

Whole foods  Safeway and our local high end store Zupans all within 3 miles of me and since I am going in the Tesla I am not polluting either LOLmiddle road is those clubs that send you meals .. that you simply cook I tried that.. but I don't like others picking out my veggies etc.. or touching them .. and they wrap everything so it takes a bunch of time to unwrap one radish that is in plastic waste of energy and not very environmentally friendly.. 

Or hire a property manager.Extra construction material from rehabbing stays in a plastic shed/bin on the property (paint, extra tile, etc.) or immediately goes on Craigslist or is returned.

The next would be to put a "plastic" coating over the existing.  

Go to re-light water heater after gas was turned back on and the plastic knob on top of the gas valve where pilot light is turned on is missing.  

Get one of those plastic fish ponds and place it right in front of the gate on your yard .

For instance optional elective cosmetic surgery might be deemed not a vital business at this time.If there was a force majeure clause the tenant might make a claim for that in times like this.