I've found lots of trash, grow lights in attics and of course lots of paint it seams like every house I get has a paint collection and yard chemicals and I have a shelf in my office that is covered with little tokens I found over the years every thing from coins to old cast iron toys. still waiting to find the pot of gold :)

You are buying far below "as-is" value. and Your $10,000 in repairs brings $30,000 in gross "value added"which we will assume for your market at this time is the standard return.Please, no one come in and tell me about cost of sale, commissions, how my $10K may cost another Investor $20K and why should I be harmed for that etc.

"[1] The equitable interest is a right in equity that, if violated (suffers a harm), is subject to satisfaction by an equitable remedy.BTW My local board challenged my position and came to the agreement that I was correct.

I agree that the media negative on investors and "flipping" does in deed cause harm to our bottom lines through new government rules, laws, regulations, hinderences, etc. and it is important that we do have a "voice".

I just don't think banks should be regulating the real estate industry by imposing restrictions.FHA was wise enough to realize that imposing such restrictions does more harm to the economy than good.

"What harm could adding lights and hauling in a stove do to a lender?

Don't worry it won't do any harm.

I do not know the legality behind not being able to change locks if the property has not been occupied, but do not see the harm in trying to secure your property in the meantime.  

No harm in asking to sort it out in your head.

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.