Away from the coast, no hurricanes, fires, floods - we don't even have snowstorms anymore.People can deny climate change all they want or blame it on sun cycles, and frankly, it does not even matter, the reality is that insurance cost will force the issue.You can try to rebuild and you can put houses on stilts in flood areas, or fortify them against high winds and fires, but that makes it expensive.

Avoid any self-help eviction tactics like changing locks.Maintenance: As a landlord, you’re responsible for ensuring the property meets basic health and safety standards, including working plumbing, heating, and electrical systems.Inspections: While there are no mandatory inspections required before renting, your property should comply with building codes.

If the lender originally did not believe they needed an appraisal, then most likely, something changed due to underwriting and an appraisal became necessary. 

You cannot change the assigned POC.

Good luck trying to replicate that across multiple markets.If a market is working for you and aligns with your goals, why change it up?

Recently, management changed it so both loans can be made with one payment versus two separate transactions. 

We let the inherited tenants know of the change of ownership and gave them a formal notice to vacate.

Just about everywhere in the US uses some version of IRC for its base code and then makes some changes to that as they feel necessary for their locality.

All of these things change over time. 

Sharing proceeds can be documented through a contract or settlement agreement without title changes.