It's like they put a bunch of brand new shiny appliances in there and didn't bother to hook them up properly.

While you are waiting for that to happen, educate yourself on how to properly screen tenants and mitigate risk for when the bad ones sneak through.I use situations like this to educate myself and build policy to prevent the same problem from happening again.

Make sure you have the proper and legal documentation (use a title company).You could offer to buy (have assigned to you) the tax sale purchaser's position in the certificate, this puts you in the chain of title.

The reality is that in every single case if the landlord had properly screened the applicant they would not have accepted them. 

Just have good insurance, and do things properly.  

If you have too few candidates, then you may be pricing your property too high (may because some people don’t properly advertise their property.) 

I apologize for making this longer than it probably should be, but I wanted to give you all a proper background and my vision for the future. 

We plan upgrades during a turnover, and you can get a lot done fast if you line it up properly.   

I apologize for making this longer than it probably should be, but I wanted to give you all a proper background and my vision for the future.

This could impact a future buyer, in fact I just had a buyer go under contract and we later found out that the proper permits were not pulled on work that was done to the property.