I added a clause in their lease that makes them responsible for weed and trash within ten feet of their space.

Bring a contractor to get accurate estimates for your rehab budget.

It could cause an issue with more pressure on the toilet but less messy if it happens.Thanks so much for your response, Michael! 

Becoming a property owner.The hardest part about this right now is underwriting deals, remaining patient and disciplined.Outside of that, the actual details of managing the property are only hard if you do not have systems in place, delegate responsibility, and don't fully comprehend what physical asset investments require-- capex & opex heavy.

On the other side, the bigger companies have more experience and their numbers tend to be more accurate (not always)... as they are big companies "their costumer service" and communication is better but at the same time they "have more mouths to feed" if we need to be honest so can get a bunch of ok or good deals but I kinda doubt they will be great (just my personal candid opinion).

Thank you for the response @Bill B.! 

The judgments have to be looked up manually, because screening software only looks for unlawful detainers and the Virginia court records don’t feed consistently accurate to the other programs.

I'm lucky to have a motivated client/investor that wants to work with me, and I feel a tremendous amount of responsibility to take care of that trust and investment.

Thanks for all the responses. 

@Ryan Napman thanks for the response.