As long as you write your contract IRON CLAD ! 

Washington) We are looking for contractors who can do light renovation and we are also looking for specialized contractors: Wrought Iron handrails, AC installers, Concrete, Landscaping and Landscaping Maintenance.

Balloon" framing (1920's I believe).Radon.Plaster and lathe instead of sheet rock (pre 1950's) or plaster and wire mesh variations (50's) more solid than sheetrock but a real b*tch to repair or demo if you're remodeling.You've got Galvy plumbing but also need to look out for other kinds of outdated plumbing like clay sewer lines (pre-1930's, prone to collapsing, bellies, root intrusion), cast iron (1950's, often rusted and/or cracked by now), and PB (polybutylene, gray-colored water pipes, 1980's, prone to rapid degradation and subsequent bursting, mostly gone by now).Buried Oil Tanks-- Do you have those there?

At some point, I just wonder if a tenant can use the length of the lease as a defense to not knowing understanding some nuance of a lease.At some point, there has to be a reasonable test that gets applied for whether its reasonable that an ordinary person could consume a 20 page lease.That almost seems like it would be considered intentionally complicated to make it difficult for the tenant to know what they're signing.But I bet thats one iron clad lease...... :-)

Ironically, you were one of the people I thought about contacting privately to gain insight from because you have been on this forum for many years but I'm supposing you must think I'm a dimwit.

Lead was used in solder for copper, goosenecks where the service line connects to the main, packed joints between old cast iron pipes, and used in a lot of old faucets and water meters.

Ironically, we ended up managing our own properties because we went through a slew of PMs that did not work out of us.  

If they are prone to violence, you let the eviction process take it's course.If they are typical druggies, you strap a 6 iron to your hip amd move in with them amd make loud noises all night long or all day long if they sleep at night, And you play loud musical compositions by Beethoven or Hank Williams 24/7.

Escrow can't make you sign and they will put the transaction on hold until it gets ironed out.Who allowed that problem to occur?

Ironically, the opposide is true for the ones that don't look great for years 1-5 or so.