Ponder on this, you need a lead test if you are to touch any paint near a window if the house is built pre-1978, and if it tests positive, you need to hire somebody who has EPA certificate, they have to get a full coveralls, painters hat, shoe covers, and respirators, then you need an abatement company to throw away those garbage bags even if its only a few chips of paint.

When painting, keep a few grocery type plastic bags on hand.  

“North Dakota's 2013 GDP per capita was the second highest in our rankings at $68,804.”I don’t mean to bag on North Dakota, but the measure of GDP per capita doesn’t mean too much when the state’s population is 739,000, or about the size of Greensboro-High Point, NC.Their economy is a one trick pony.

Now this is a mixed bag as it also depends on your wallet to fix it.

A couple deaths, nursing homes, buying homes, etc.Had a horder..I think I took 40 bags of trash out of the unit.

You won't be able to convert it into a modern floor plan and I think thats okay - I'd keep it authentic for the most part. 

I've had two occasions where the reference they listed told me not to rent to them because they were violent, late payers, or too needy.Not doing a criminal, credit, background check, which might have revealed criminal or credit problemsBeing slow to evict (mentioned by others)Believing their sob storiesAccepting partial paymentsFailing to document every conversation or interactionNot walking through the property to make sure they're taking care of it (I now walk through every 9 months so I can see problems in different seasons)We've found crack pipes and other paraphernalia after they moved outWe've discovered piles and piles of trash (some bagged, some not) in closets, basements, sheds when trash cans and pickup service are included in their rent - all they had to do was carry it out, at no cost to themWe've Found smokers, pets, extra peopleOverall, I've had great success as a property investor. 

You can probably get the price lower if you don't use a 1st class stamp; however, it reduces the authenticity of the Yellow Letter if you do this.

They moved in with a broken washing machine that they set out on the back porch and left that behind along with a broken window air conditioner, a freezer they unplugged but left half filled with rotted meat, bags of mismatched shoes, broken furniture, childrens clothes, christmas ornaments, soggy bedding, rotting mattresses, more dirty diapers and, ironically, unused condoms.IF you can get a Section 8 tenant who can manage NOT to have a boyfriend/girlfriend/"fiance"/brother/sister/aunt/uncle/cousin/cousins children/babydaddy/babymomma/grandchildren come live with them because they've been evicted/kicked off someones couch/basement and have no place else to shack up you might have a chance to keep your rental unit in decent shape under this program. 

Bag up all garbage.