I suggest gradually assembling a reliable maintenance team that includes HVAC, plumbing, and other essential services.Tenants are responsible for providing access to the property.

One thing to note- the building is older (built in 1922), is considered in a historical district, and although each unit has been fully renovated, I have not upgraded all the electrical/roof and plumbing, so that's on the older side which I know is more challenging to get insured... 

If we become heavily restricted, what chance does the rest of the DMV have to get their own regulations that make sense?

What may actually be helpful to a family (stability) is not what regulators look at.

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Purchase price: $105,000 Cash invested: $90,000 Property needed some serious rehab, from trees roots destroying the basement walls, to plumbing, electrical, to roofing, landscape.

And the laws and regulations here are very different, not very strict like the states.Prices are high and rents are low over here.

There were lease violations disrespecting the other neighbor's leased space and harassing the other neighbor and they smoked in the property against lease, lied about conversations, has made up stories about plumbing issues that plumbers couldn't find causes to, tried to get a dehumidifier and force me to pay, accused me on two different occasions very agressively in regards to the heat/electric service.

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Quote from @Robyn Henderson: My family's 3 unit prewar building in Brooklyn recently had plumbing issues and I'm debating renovating each of the bathrooms.