The agents I know and trust the best are people that I would consider friends so I'd hate to step on any toes or burn any bridges.

Carbon monoxide is the odorless killer that can result from a malfunctioning fuel-burning appliances, not the LP or NG itself.

@Chuy GonzalezI am 1 for 1 getting burned by section 8 tenant costing me $7000 total with lesson learned. 12 years and first bad blood bath

Look like it would work on paper, but got my hands on an inspection report and I came to the conclusion that it should be burned down instead of sold. 

Ideally, I'm looking for a way to do my own deal without giving up my stake in my friends property and without burning bridges between us.

Screening the tenants is part of the process, but eventually if you're in the game long enough you will get burned no matter how much you screen. 

Tenants are going to get burned during the winter as I'm not sure even a normal sized person can walk normally through there without brushing the radiator.

Until they burn down the apartment.

I definitely would like to avoid getting burned.

That adds another $3800 to the bottom line but hopefully I'll get some of that back in a higher appraisal and it will also likely help get and keep quality tenants.One other thing to discuss for the good of the community is the capital burn rate.