Their clothes will stink and it will fester throughout the house.

Last time I had a mold test done was at a property that had NO visible mold (I didn't see any black moldy spots on the walls) but there was an exterior wall that the sheet rock was warpped and bulged and I can feel the wall surface was slightly damp, and electric was off for months due to bank not paying the bills.The tester tested air samples in different areas of the house.

My plumber suggests that because it has a pump primer it was for fluid - either water or gasoline.A friend who was in the construction business his whole life said this: "Back in the days people gathered rain water from the roof and had cisterns (sp) in the house to collect the water and hold it so it could be used to wash cloths, dishes, etc.

Drug paraphernalia, sexual paraphernalia, clothes, food, feces, etc... are fairly common.

His name is Christian Hollister and he had clothing manufacturing in France and stores (at the time 25 years ago in Chicago, NY, and Miami.

we all talk about this on BP  the tenant who has the 100k beamer and nice cloths and nothing else.. no one is advocating that on this site for sure.. and I totally agree with that.and it relates to the higher end Teslas for sure they can run as high at 150k and I wont spend that .. bought the absolute cheapest ones in both models.. 

Dampness and/or mold are things that need to be looked it.Asbestos insulation is another item to think about. 

They moved in with a broken washing machine that they set out on the back porch and left that behind along with a broken window air conditioner, a freezer they unplugged but left half filled with rotted meat, bags of mismatched shoes, broken furniture, childrens clothes, christmas ornaments, soggy bedding, rotting mattresses, more dirty diapers and, ironically, unused condoms.IF you can get a Section 8 tenant who can manage NOT to have a boyfriend/girlfriend/"fiance"/brother/sister/aunt/uncle/cousin/cousins children/babydaddy/babymomma/grandchildren come live with them because they've been evicted/kicked off someones couch/basement and have no place else to shack up you might have a chance to keep your rental unit in decent shape under this program. 

Always correct the issue from out side.1st how old is the house, you say the walls are damp, well do you have gutters on all the roof lines, you be surprised how many damp basements get fixed by cleaning your gutters or making adjustments, where are the gutters dumping?

I wanted a place to go south, jump on a plane when I could and not have to haul golf clubs, recreational equipment and clothes, but rent it out when I couldn't use it (if I choose to).