I get that you're thinking on a much larger scale, but if landlords/investors are doing what they're supposed to be doing, and keeping their units in a habitable condition, they shouldn't be running for the hills, leaving their properties behind.Here's another link, to complement yours (the last 10 paragraphs or so are interesting) :http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2017/...

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesEven if someone give you a referral, don’t make the mistake of assuming the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.We recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Requiring the seller make all repairs to keep the property in a fit and habitable condition during the course of the installment contract.5.

Frank has a habit of quoting his CPA without providing context.

Also on the buy side you’ll know in addition to your own inspection the condition is at least decently habitable because they inspect every year if it has section 8 tenants already in place.

I was looking to purchase a new investment home as a secondary investment property, I was told I would have to put 10% down being I'm in a fha with 6 months to go until I could claim it as my primary dwelling. There a...

The long, cold, dark winters and falls really do have a bad habit of affecting people's mood and make them to get easily depressed over more or less trivial things...

You dont want to make it a habit to buy every investment that doesnt cash flow but theres nothing wrong with that for your first deal and living in 1/2 of a duplex. 

Hey William, not sure if this falls under your specific situation, but in Colorado (and other states) there is something known as constructive eviction. essentially its when a tenant notifies a landlord that a habitability issues has arisen and depending on the issue (loss of heating, gas leak) the timeline that the landlord has to fix the issue varies. if the landlord does not fix the issue, Colorado law allows for the tenant to break the lease by constructive eviction.