Then don't be afraid to turn down everything outside of your criteria, and continue to reinforce that with the brokers. they will see how serious you are, and then when a property comes up, they'll know you're a serious buyer. 

This will help clarify and reinforce what you are reading.

All of those things can be mitigated by updating electric or plumbing and by supporting the basement with beams or reinforcing sections with newly poured walls.

(the key words being "older" and "brick"  --I've found insurers who will do it for newer non-brick homes, but not for old brick houses).Second, does anyone have any stories, recommendations or feedback about preventative earthquake reinforcement of older homes? 

A realtor friend of mine gave me very similar information, so thanks for reinforcing!

The lower level was also gutted and cracked walls were reinforced.

New electrical service, new water heater and repair and reinforcement of a few foundation cracks.

‘s post acting as reinforcement I feel like either your current pm isn’t screening hard enough for you, something is driving them away (area, pm, or conditions of property), or it’s the market/rental class you are in being a pain (I’m not at all familiar with other rental classes btw… )I also think you have to take the covid no-payer as an outlier and exclude him from your analysis.

I like that these responses have reinforced to me that having your name/address easily accessible is certainly unavoidable and that it won’t create issues like certain preconceived notions tend to make me think.

I appreciate this because it reinforces the fact that I need to get off the MLS and into looking for off market stuff.