I am not trying to obnoxious with this, so please know that my "voice inflection" is seriously asking this, but how in the world would a home pass a 4-point with the lower-half of drywall removed? 

If they are foreigners, they probably had to pass a criminal background before receiving a work visa.

Perhaps focus on homes with longer days on market, ones that didn't sell during the initial two weeks because priced too high or needs updates but would still pass a loan appraisal. 

They could pass a new resolution not to allow rentals, or no pets in rentals, or no section 8 in rentals, or raise the HOA dues insanely high for a year until you sell it to fund better reserves for themselves at your expense. 

Even if you don't do section 8, you will still need to pass a rental inspection with the city.Hope that helps,Michael

A crafty guy can wire a plug to pass a grounding test, but that doesn't ground anything.

If they pass a rule saying they can collect the fee, then they can do just that.

You may have to pass a city inspection - one of ours is every 4 years unless fails, then it’s every year; some require lead-free certificate or testing between tenants; one of ours now requires a smoke alarm report and a new certificate that tenant must sign saying they know their rights, eviction won’t happen if ypu don’t have that for court.

I'll move to Nevada before that happens lol@Becca F. see link --> California Prohibit State Limitations on Local Rent Control Initiative (2024)It was proposed as Prop 10 back in 2018 but did not pass. As

This duplex was initially custom-built for a local heiress, but by the time I ended up with it, it couldn't pass a housing inspection by a blind code official.