Again, I'm not an attorney, not a Costa Rica attorney, nor have I reviewed fully the legal code involved.

I tend to do my own work (although jacking up and putting a foundation under, in order to raise the ceiling is beyond me) and I'm not sure I could bring this in for $50KI'm guessing you have building codes so plan on re-wiring the whole house to bring to code.Floor uneven and warped is MOISTURE, have to find it and stop it.Don't know the size of the windows but a few hundred per is about right.Carpet a few thousand.Sheetrock repair a few hundredKitchen cabinets and appliances, minimum of about $5K for CUT RATE stuff.Counter tops, $300-$3KInsulate and sheetrock basement, a few thousand.Knock out a few walls etc in the upstairs, about $5K+, moving walls is not as simple as "moving walls".Bedroom doors, $100/each, minimumLandscape and exterior paint, a few thousand."

I would also love to find out what the hot zip codes are in NOVA, DC, and Prince Georges Counties for investors these days.

The last deal was a 50's stone house on a busy street adjacent to a high class zip code.

This is code-driven, meaning you do data entry by first inputting the property code, or vendor code, or tenant code, or...

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.