My first red flag should have been the fact he isn’t a “rodent/wildlife” contractor.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottbeyer/2015/04/24/how-ironic-americas-rent-controlled-cities-are-its-least-affordable/irony least affordable citieshttps://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/02/rent-control-policy-likely-fueled-the-gentrification-of-san-francisco-study-finds/https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-18/yup-rent-control-does-more-harm-than-goodhttps://web.stanford.edu/~diamondr/DMQ.pdfstandford studyhttps://mises.org/library/unintended-consequences-rent-controlBombing and rent controlhttps://mises.org/wire/rent-control-makes-good-politics-and-bad-economicsGood politics bad economicsNYTimeshttp://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/30/opinion/how-rent-control-hurts-the-poor.html

You know a lot of individuals don’t understand what issues can come of abandoned homes but we’re talking innocent children getting harmed, etc. thank you you so much... your response was exactly what I was thinking but didn’t quite know how to say it Originally posted by @Llewelyn A.

Their worry was the prior owner would do something harmful to the property that would cause a possible acceleration of the property.

There is a value in working with a lender who the agent knows will perform, but there is no harm in getting other quotes also. 

No harm.

You could leave the GPR at classic level until the unit is out of reno, and I don't see much harm in that if you are a long-term hold guy.

And the inspection report must come from a certified inspector if you intend to back out based on inspection.No harm in trying, if that is what you want to do, since they will counter with their addendum terms.

Also no harm in trying to negotiate unless you think the deal will go for asking and you really want it.