If you do not feel comfortable with showing them the apartment or moving forward then let them know that you have decided not to move forward with them.

Also, I do not yet have the reliable contractor connections to pull of a major reno and just feel more comfortable starting smaller.

The assessment would finish with a score between 0 and 100 points and each landlord could choose a bottom score they were comfortable with.

All of your responses make memuch more comfortable to list.

It had lasted about 4 hours before the owner accepted an offer but we put in a full price backup offer and assured the seller's agent that we were comfortable with the damage we had seen and would be easy to work with.

I want to make sure I have this down: So you are saying with this type of loan, the lender will look at the property being purchased and then they will analyze the rent that I will get getting, and assuming that the rent at least covers the mortgage, they will be comfortable giving a loan on that particular property?

Each investor has their own type of investing though so whatever makes you comfortable.

More importantly, ARE YOU comfortable doing so?

I would do what you are comfortable with should this go on for a bit. 

That is my opinion everyone has to do what they feel comfortable loans will close.