Carpet cleaning and replacement: $2015 Repairs+pest: $2509 Management fees: $3300 Maintenance contract/Main: $3240 and the rest added up to the total of 23k With it being a Fourplex I have the option of going FHA, that is an option.

That means if that client is a pest they call him, if they have questions they call him, to check on their loan they call him. 

If you have a new pest inspection company in town and all the business is thrown to another company on a regular basis and no mention is made of the new company, in reality they are omitted from the opportunity to conduct business such conduct may be an actionable cause in civil court.

Need to look at their payment history and any complaints made by or against them.Is your property management doing a good job or just pocketing the money without fixing what is broken and letting bugs infestate the home?

CA, in total continues to lose 100k's of population and continues to add onerous legislation, including the state rent cap they passed a few years ago (doesn't apply to sfr's though).I am not sure why anyone would want to jump in the deep shark infested waters right before feeding time, unless you have a clear proven strategy, or a very long time horizon.

It's not a question of having them or not, it's whether the infestation is active or not, and how bad the damage is.

I still like to call my brother out (structural pest inspector) and have him do an inspection as well prior to actually signing a contract to buy....I don't crawl under the houses when I'm out viewing....And I know my market pretty well also and what houses are worth in different neighborhoods.......and what neighborhoods that NOTHING will even sell right now unless it's in full rehab shape and still WELL under what the comps are saying.

For example, we bought a duplex that had a pest inspection come back with several thousand dollars of suggested repairs.

That's usually the case in building this size.What about pest control and admin/professional fees?

He gave me all the backup which also stated that the pest control co. did not spot any bed bugs.