If the complainer can't smell it in their apartment, but, are uptight enough to be bothered by the passing smell in the hallway...it may not be the smoker that has the problem.I have found that complainers/boat rockers are often wound a bit to tight, and that when you are a highly responsive empathetic landlord, they turn you in to their own personal karma delivery machine, to right all the wrongs that previously fallen on deaf ears.Good luck.

Furnishing it, years passing by commercial buildings built behind the townhouse.

People thought that was unfair, congress agreed and wrote and passed the "Garn-St Germain Act", which defines when it is permissible to call a note due and when it is not.

Any contractors or others who have read to this point, what do you think about a % hold back until inspection passes?  

I would imagine the best actions would be to immediately fire the management company, pass the keys onto a new one, sue the old one in small claims court for the listed damages.

I've entertained in the past but usually the person bails and stops communicating during the process. 

What if someone else passes away and now you needed their signatures? 

And yeah Marquette, MI is an appreciating market and a college town where everyone complains about increasing rents (and their bad landlords).Hopefully I can still find a few properties that can cash flow anything, no matter how small, with zero down but I'll have to see if they'll pass VA inspection too.

Have 2-3 contractors look at the job and get written estimates on what it's going to take to finish the job, correct the mistakes, pass occupancy certification etc. use those estimates in your countersuit / mediation process. 4.

Quote from @Jarrett L Cameron III: Quote from @Bob Stevens: Quote from @Nicholas Jacob Nowosielski: Do you guys have an inspector that is well versed in sec 8 and could inspect a few properties for me in Cleveland and make a list of things that need to be done to pass the sec 8 inspection?