The last thing you want to do is put a deal in a contract pay money for inspection and get an appraisal when you could have just ruled it out from the start with that.

Typically the condo association should be called to get in the unit and inspect the issue.

As for security in occupied houses, I don’t have a definite solution - it’s just that opening doors is a low-value task that a busy buyer’s agent probably shouldn’t want to handle.Any decent listing agent will make sure a buyer has at least visited the property before submitting an offer, otherwise their chances of backing out during their inspection/ due diligence window is much higher.

My recommendation would be to put the deal under contract, then during your inspection period talk to everyone and anyone that is local that buys properties like this and ask them if they know the property or anything about it and ask them if they think it's a good deal.

After some back-and-forth an inspection was scheduled only for the code enforcement agent to... wait for it... wait for it... ghost my PM.At this point, I've advised my PM to communicate with code enforcement in writing as much as possible and to continue to document their no-shows, etc.

They also don't know what happens after inspection, well and septic test etc and are often extremely difficult to deal with.

However, be prepared for the properties to meet certain health and safety standards, as Section 8 housing requires regular inspections.5.

Thanks Yes simple, you have it inspected by a led cirt guy, 500 per door.

It's wonderful that you conduct a thorough cleaning and inspection, complete with photos, before move-ins.

I'm biased and can provide reasons and data to show that using an agent will protect you, get you more money, less stress and so on.The reality is you can do it yourself, but tenants generally don't cooperate with showings and that causes lots of problems for buyer to access the unit to show, inspections, appraisals etc.