It's the moral equivalent of pesticide and mouse traps.

Did you check the p-traps?  

And if there is no heat and no power in winter, then you must winterize; dropping like $4 for a gallon of RV antifreeze to put in traps and to drain water everywhere else - that is way cheaper than redoing that rehab. 

Don't fall into the trap of spending a dollar to save 28 cents.

He has even been nice enough to go remove a half dead rat that was twitching in a trap at 1am for a tenant.

He proceeded, but ultimately after 1-2 hours of trying he said he was unable to get the camera to bend around one area of the pipes to get to the outside trap.

Basically traps them in the loan still.

Agreed, a local attorney will know them best along with all the quirks and traps many overlook. 

Properties in this price range are often a rookie trap for young investors in Milwaukee.

I feel that the average Joe is mad a flippers who bought a house during the bubble, only to take advantage of crazy appreciation, who then complained when they got caught in their trap.