Big ticket but nothing that prevents anybody from moving in.

Prevents a lot of problems later.

What's preventing an inspection before you make your offer?

I'm not sure if you can "prevent" childcare at-home in your area from tenants, but if you can, I would.

This is key to preventing minor issues from growing into serious problems.Hold the maximum allowable security deposit allowed by the state.

Values are climbing and bizarre rules are preventing appraisals from keeping up.

Along with all of the suggestions to CYA on the owner of the house, perhaps being proactive and taking that information to the Police and let them know what you are doing would prevent them from showing up with lights and sirens.

The Gordons were effectively prevented from presenting their defense.

That access should have a steel lantel over it, a longer one could have saved some of that.While it looks bad, it can be fixed, $$$$, $50 of fill dirt and some grading would probably have prevented that.

I've had several basement waterproofing contractors stop by to provide quotes on how much it will cost to prevent the basement from flooding.