It sounds like he's milking this property for all it's worth or maybe there are health problems where the owner needs the money and just can't afford to put it back into the property.  

When I say it is the land use department, they are responsible in this particular county for issuing building permits, and since the house has a well and septic on site, I am required to get a buy off from the department of health inspector before I can get a permit.

My point is that I expected there to be a new one-year lease, not just a fee earned for a conversion to month-to-month status because the lease lapsed on its own.

My PRN status at the hospital gives me an extremely flexible schedule to focus on building my fortune and work enough to pay the bills.So far, my only deal came from Craig's list.

if the house is foreclosure or on short sale status. 

If I stop working out, I can't jump right back into it next month with the same results.I will say that if you get serious about real estate and start making money, you should get serious about your health too.

Also, some of the small multi-family built in 70s and 80s in Iowa have wood foundations and most properties above a duplex are zoned commercial (much higher taxes) so you have to form a Coop or Condo (S Corp) to convert to residential status to drop the taxes.  

Sheldon Adelson- Breaking the status quo. 2.

Anyway, the inspector wants the insulation completely replaced, which could be quite costly.My feeling is that this really is not a health issue.

It has since been bored up, the county has several violation tagged on the property such as health hazards, sewer and overall poor workman ship.