In reality, as long as payments are being made they don't seem to care.  

Suddenly I had enough money to pay my bills, with a cushion to spare, and—at the urging of my sister, who had been interested in real estate for a while—I came up with the audacious plan to buy my condo from my dad.I had been a homemaker for many years before becoming a professional author, and had relied on my husband to take care of all financial aspects of our marriage.

You want to be careful of not closing those types of deals without a really good reason.

What would be a reasonable discount request on a property looking at structural foundation repairs to include some re-grading to prevent repeat issues, potential mold treatment, window replacement (total 20 windows).I believe in being fair to both seller and myself and I keep hearing and reading (as I went online and started researching this as I wait to get inspection report), I keep hearing that in this market most homes will have some kind of foundation issues and that should not be a deal breaker.What other advice would you give.I do like the home, it has great curb appeal, but I believe in the say, “A home without a foundation is not a home”, so I do want to be careful not to be taking on a home that will leave me stuck with a hefty bill.I plan on continuing to do my research throughout the day as we wait on the inspection report and will eagerly also await any comments that group members can offer to help me make my decision before 12midnight tonight.I hate to lose this home, but I also hate to take a risk that may leave me with a hefty bill down the line.Any comments will be appreciated, good, bad, ugly…… brutal honesty, I will take it all with gratitude.Thanks.

I couldnt do that anywhere else.From my experience, once tenant finds that ur out of state they dont care to pay.

Low income residents just don't take care of things.

How can they not notice, unless they just don't care.

For example, they'll never care as much about your property as you do. 

I think this will be a great learning experience as opposed to paying a property manager to take care of a house near your home town.Best of luck!

Regardless, usually if you have a tenant that takes care of your place and that is clean, you will not have a mold issue.