A home that I was managing was within the crime scene, and although we suffered only smoke damage to the property, we had to move the tenants that were rousted out at gunpoint by local LEO's searching for the bad actor. https://www.staradvertiser.com...

Four kids don't know how to maintain a home and it's more likely to result in damages, drama, early termination, or other problems.My policy is that applicants need to make a combined income of 3x the rent.

The real hardcore areas you need to go higher than the 50% guide as turnover and damage is more and pm work costs more as well on average.So nice area with no landlord utilities paid 50%, landlord utilities I go 60%.If it's a bad area with no utilities paid by landlord it is 60% and utilities 70% average cost.

The place was damaged pretty bad, but salvageable.

You can potentially do this by putting some heat lamps or other forms of heat in the basement, but I'd just call the tenant, and politely explain that the furnace isn't running, a winter storm is approaching, and you need to access their space to confirm whether the furnace is off because it's turned off, or because something's malfunctioning.And you also need terms in your lease for this type of scenario--I have lease terms that mandate that the temp must be kept above a certain level at all times in winter, and that tenants are responsible for damage that occurs from ignoring those lease terms.Good luck out there!

It looks super bumpy/uneven almost like there was water damage at some point with a bad patch job. 

They might actually back out if they find all of the damage that I know is being done there currently.

The reason for this is that we live in a very unique neighborhood with restored mid century modern flat roof homes.

Sellers want paid (damages) for buyers wasting their time.

Question - Will my insurance company cover me for any damages that happened to the property and is not related to the tenant in the basement?