After talking to another PM, I think I will just get lead-safe certificate now and will do lead-free remediation when the condition of the interior is not as nice as it's now.  

(I have spend a lot of money over the last month or so fixing on remediation of the mold) 2. there is a bylaw of the area is not to have trailers parked on any property and he has repeatedly brought his trailer and been fined several times (7 times) None of the fines have been paid and he has skipped 2 court dates and seems to have plenty of excuses. 3.

If she had sent the security deposit already I'd have kept it, telling her she has a signed lease and I'll be using this to pay the first month worth of rent and she'd better hope that I find a replacement for her by October 1 (although in Georgia a landlord is NOT required to remedy this).However, since we're talking long distance and no money exchanged do what others have said; chalk it up to an experience and move on.Gail

Stopping tenants from murdering one another, getting evicted for nonpayment (or whatever), beating up on each other are not listed as a requirement.I've attached the statute for your state that reviews your remedies for repairs and what you need to do. 

I've had to remediate smoke smell from 6 places.  

However in extreme cases you could be putting yourself at a larger financial risk.One important clause often missing or poorly written, from short investor contracts, is the defaults and remedies clause.

. $20K for mold remediation again is one person's number.

However, in order to initiate a "rent strike" and not pay rent, at least in Texas, there are specific notification and response windows that have to be met (by the tenant) and failed (by the landlord) before the tenant can take any of this action.If you have your requests and invoices for the efforts to remedy the situations, if the issues named were never reported, and If the report appears retaliatory in intent, you're probably in good shape.

Your contract should state that your buying the house in the condition it was when you initially offered, if it deteriorates or threatens to let them know to fix it or get a contractor to remediate the problem while it's dragging out.

It's quite a mess to remediate.