sub too is a very simple concept and there are just a few items that need to be done to be safe this is not voodoo :)

I mentioned all those items are mine and should not be hauled away.

Make sure you have cash reserves for 6 months , steady w2 job if things go south and do not plan unnecessary big ticket items until you stabilizeI have known people start with 40 k and used it to fund flips and work their way up and get Business Line Of Credit for 200 K in 2 years and after that of course it is very easy

And you should get a weekly report/invoice itemizing which guards were on your site (C.

Robert Cialdini notes that creating a sense of reciprocation is one of the best sales tactics out there, even if the items being reciprocated aren’t anywhere near equal in value (like a 12-month lease versus a $25 gift card, for example).

I know from experience that things will ALWAYS COME UP IN RENOVATIONS and it can honestly be hard to agree on the allocated time for some of these changes)- Plus many more items - it's easy to get out of control with contracts. 

Fairly straightforward, just ask the contractors what will make their job easier and keep them on schedule...removing old pipes, opening walls etc.If you haven't put the house under agreement yet I would bring a detailed and itemized list of repairs needed, maybe even with estimates, to the negotiation with the homeowner.

Maybe pose as a possible guest first, just to hopefully get them to respond.As for some of the other items you discovered, you could try adding some heat to your emails.  

Smaller ones are filling up within 12 hours and the large unit they left with 2x 5 gallon water jugs to empty into AND a catchment below....because obviously the sellers knew that it fills over 5+ gallons in just TWO DAYS.We have had to get a structuralengineer in who has noted other water damage throughout the basement (unfinished) that was hidden behind sellers boxes and personal items during our inspection.

When you say a man in debt is a slave, are you referring to debt used for personal items, or are you including debt used to acquire income producing or capital appreciating assets also?