Additionally, almost all real estate contract were drawn up by attorneys at that time, engaging the services of a lawyer was not something the general public was experienced or comfortable with.The National Association of Realtors, seeing the gold at the end of the rainbow, inventively came up with a solution.  

We added a new metal roof since the carport showed signs of past leaking, new vinyl plank everywhere, new paint, gutted the kitchen, added new appliances and new cabinets, added beadboard panelling to the kitchen and one bedroom to cover up some old wallpaper, new baseboards, replaced all wood windows with vinyl, new carport ceiling, new wheelchair ramp.

We added the 3rd bedroom back as a wall had been taken out decades ago to convert it to a 2-bedroom; added a new metal roof since the carport showed signs of past leaking, new vinyl plank everywhere, new paint, gutted the kitchen, added new appliances and new cabinets, added beadboard panelling to the kitchen and one bedroom to cover up some old wallpaper, new baseboards, replaced all wood windows with vinyl, new carport ceiling, new wheelchair ramp.What was the outcome?

It might be the right time for you to engage in investing.

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You’ll need to engage the services of a structural engineer.

The appropriate steps here is to engage with an attorney and start pressing on this matter before it gets worse.

Other than that, collect a decent deposit, use pet-proof materials like solid vinyl plank flooring, screen your tenants heavily.