Or does this not matter because of their code of ethics?

But in many (most) states "common lawy" or civil code probably requires the landlord to either "renew" or notify tenant of "non-renewal" at least 30 days prior to the end of the lease.In any case any "on the job" landlord should be keeping in touch with the tenants to determine their intentions and either extend or give notice of non-intent to renew.all cash

Check your landlord tenant code, and confirm.

If the history of the property shows that the structures were not built to code or that they could not be rebuilt if destroyed the lender may decline to write the loan.John Corey

It'll become my problem, never mind if the assessor shows up, hikes the taxes, and god forbid it hasnt been done to code.

It looks like you are in OR given the area code for the phone number.

My understanding is that with any forgiven debt on a mortgage the seller should expect a 1099 from the lender.There is currently an effort to stop the issuance of 1099 for forgiven debt in hardship cases in congress but who knows where that will go it requires a change to the tax codes.

When its a code item, I study the county code books.

Depending on local code, and the extent of work you are doing overall, you probably have limited options.

But, here we have the city shutoff right at the meter typically down near the sidewalk/street and then a shutoff right where the water main comes into the house.In my area it is code to have the water meter in the house isolated with gate or ball valves Usually the valve before the meter has a lock out on it that only the water dept. can open or some sort of tamper seal to prevent people from by-passing their water meter.