If you want to save money, reach up into the pan (if accessible) and remove the gunk. 

Quit smoking, get a blue-tooth headset, forget the pan and roller and go buy a descent airless sprayer.  

Pans and pan liners: use the deeper pans and pan liners.

As I ordered more of this stuff, though I'd share here.  If you have old rooms with many layers of paint and cracks you know it will peel no matter what you do, especially on the ceiling. I wallpapered my living room ...

If the theatre property I've been looking at doesn't pan out I'll be looking for a multi to start with.

I while ago I read a post on BP about someone putting slanted drip pans under the sink so that if there is a leak water flows on the floor it is reported by a renter rather than pool and cause water damage especially in a second floor unit.

@Drew LambWe run into K-n-T in about 1/4 of the properties we purchase ... recently, a 6-unit built in the 1920s which has original wiring (KnT) and fuse boxes.Costs will be/are region dependent to a certain degree.  

I do have specific properties I am interested in, but they may not pan out if my bids are too low. 

That is all assuming the deal pans out from a market and infrastructure point of view. 

The situations that you feel are "dangerous or unsanitary" are often not near the legal standards, so keep that in mind.You should look up the Missouri Landlord-Tenant law and follow that to the T in regards to this situation.