Perfect example right in your neck of the woods: This house: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8540-W-Roseview-... is on the market for $325k and is newly rehabbed (very nice job).

Would I be putting myself at a risk from a liability standpoint of injuries or accidents that occur during such tasks (for example- falling down the stairs while sweeping)?

It took over a year to get my insurance and workman's comp to pay out and cost me 1/3 of my claim because they blew me off until I hired a lawyer, longer to recover form the injuries. 

If I go to say Charleston and want to buy a property, I'll likely have a real estate agent take me around and show me the good neck of the woods & bad areas.

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Dalbey just operated in my neck of the woods so I had a front row seat to watch this bad actor in action.

Self-inflected injuries at the local level: Read this as zoning, rent control, etc.

Are you prepared to give other aid to that victim from the results of injuries or complications that you may inflict by attempting to use a plastic bag or in treating that victim?

I'm in Reno in your neck of the woods and I'm a local investor and part of a brokerage specifically for investors in the area.

The reason for the lawyers is simple the are up to there necks in probate.