city housing inspector they also cover exterior so let them know it's a pest control issue that is dangerous., and I'd call the police probably also.. they could probably direct you to proper department.Good luck..

Including fewer Realtors who know the differences as far as valuation and actually specialize in them.

In fact, I believe all of us have been pretty up front in terms of the dangers here.

Probably one with fewer bedrooms or in a less desirable area.

the downside to this is there are fewer of these for sale and many larger one's may require much more down than I can currently come up with. 

The warm and fuzzy feeling can go away very quickly at the first sign of a problem.At the end of the day, you are probably less likely to be scammed by a private lender (local person), but instead deal with somebody who is chasing yield and is unprofessional, nervous, slow, and knows just enough to be dangerous.

It makes sense you'd not want a dangerous condition in the path from the entrance to the unit door.

I will only go after a deal with 15k or more by conservative measuresbecause I would rather do fewer deals with higher margin than more details with high stress lowmargins.

Nonetheless, I would like to approach the bank with a lowball offer with an argument that if the property goes into the bank's REO portfolio, it will sit there for a long time because, statistically, fewer buyers will be willing to consider purchasing a murder house.  

It would extremely dangerous to discount the macro effects on multifamily properties.