He will be taking a leave of absence for the  year.Given the unforeseen nature of his health condition we would appreciate your assistance and consideration in addressing this situation.

Led by Atrium Health and Wexford Sciences

No problems with rust but do have to deal with hard water; they have a chemical treatment called a pillow that takes care of that.

There's a reason that people try to buy properties off-market and that is because you can find sellers who care more about terms than maximizing returns.So start with a conversation: you already presumably have some rapport since it's your landlord and you've spoken before.

Poor communicators, poor housekeeping skills, prescription med abuse, big dogs that they couldn't properly care for, damaging, etc.

He is a full-time W-2 healthcare worker that makes about 72k yr. 

If you are following the rules then everything should be OK.This is no different than a health inspector visiting a restaurant.

Health and safety inspections don't seem to care much about zoning or permitting issues.

As they are in their mod to late 70's and in declining health. 

They are billed as "a scientific approach to single-family rentals" and use "institutional grade property management," which usually means they are a tech company in real estate and likely either don't have the existing property management relationships in each area or you chose an area where they don't have enough units through Roofstock for the PM they chose to care.