(A) A landlord who is a party to a rental agreement shall do all of the following:(1) Comply with the requirements of all applicable building, housing, health, and safety codes that materially affect health and safety;(2) Make all repairs and do whatever is reasonably necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition;(3) Keep all common areas of the premises in a safe and sanitary condition;(4) Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning fixtures and appliances, and elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord;(5) When the landlord is a party to any rental agreements that cover four or more dwelling units in the same structure, provide and maintain appropriate receptacles for the removal of ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste incidental to the occupancy of a dwelling unit, and arrange for their removal;(6) Supply running water, reasonable amounts of hot water, and reasonable heat at all times, except where the building that includes the dwelling unit is not required by law to be equipped for that purpose, or the dwelling unit is so constructed that heat or hot water is generated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant and supplied by a direct public utility connection;(7) Not abuse the right of access conferred by division (B) of section 5321.05 of the Revised Code;(8) Except in the case of emergency or if it is impracticable to do so, give the tenant reasonable notice of the landlord's intent to enter and enter only at reasonable times.

This is an area with a lot of public transit access and where you deploy really good rental strategies bc it's large rental pool. 

Isn't this information public info?

A lot of my investors are actively looking to pick up reliable contractors, and this process would be made significantly easier if there was a public referral system for them to utilize 

In Oregon those that get into trouble are the ones that set up like borkers IE websites e mails craigslist adds etc and market properties they don't own.. that's illegal.. these bigger transactions that are never advertised and such tend to be OK as they don't get public scrutiny or marketed in the public domain.. you will always have those that don't want to talk with brokers and leave tons of meat on the bone and fubar themselves.. thinking they are saving money when in fact they are losing money ( sellers that is)

Here are some links that I have that helped me with my research: http://www.revenue.pa.gov/GeneralTaxInformation/TaxLawPoliciesBulletinsNotices/TaxBulletins/RTT/Documents/rtt_bulletin_2008-01.pdf https://www.foxrothschild.com/publications/update-realty-transfer-tax-on-assignments-of-agreements-of-sale/ https://www.ballardspahr.com/alertspublications/legalalerts/2008-04-29_pennsylvaniarealtytransfertax.aspx https://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol37/37-50/2306a.html

Commonly used phrases in the public domain would be free to use.

What do you guys/gals subscribe to (besides this awesome forum) to get design ideas for rehabs. I try and stick to the same finish materials that have worked in the past but want to make sure that I am staying curren...

Laws requiring licensing are usually in place to protect the public from people who represent themselves as capable when they are not.

If the county doesn't have a website with court records available to the public, then I'll show then the property and do the normal screening (as I do with every tenant) after they fill out the application.