Tiles will be slippery when wet, stairs are very narrow and no handrails.

He says the guy who poured the cement didn't do a good job or the house settled the early years of life..

Yeah the situation is one corner of the back of the property has a depression on the cement where it meets the house and as a result this corner falls 4 inches below the base flood elevation, requiring Flood insurance to the tune of about 2,500 a year.

Appraisers do not look for code violations such as stairs/bathrooms.

We have some larger tenants as well in our units.They will use the stair rail more of a prop when coming down the stairs and a push off when coming up.Most people do not apply full weight like that on the stairs but use the rail as a guide only with light pressure.What we did for that tenant instead of wall anchors we used 3 inch steel forged screws and drove into the studs.

The shut off valve for the main is under the stairs for each of the 4 units to a building.So I would need 20 of these but I can't find a cost.

Ive seen first the city not do their part while performing inspections for me and have actually made my inspector go down my basement stairs to complete the inspection!

Add overhead lighting to all bedrooms ($500)Plumbing system – No idea, should have checked faucets, under sink, etc.Flooring – Hardwood downstairs in common areas, kitchen, and stairs ($5000) Carpet in 4 bedrooms ($1500)Kitchen – New cabinets ($4000), new appliances ($2500), new sink and granite countertops ($3000)Bath – Gut.

Its like a landing at the top of the stairs and rarely can be used as a bedroom.

The only issue is that there couch wouldn't fit down the basement stairs so they had to put it in the kitchen (they may or may not have figured that out if they had looked at it in person).