The landlord is ultimately responsible to provide a safe environment for tenants.

Incredible insight.

UPDATE:so the tenant moved out as he said he would, on the 31st of August. he left everything a mess. i was dumbfounded, i let him know how displeased i was with the condition he left it. his reply was "well this is about normal for me being here as long as i was"..he did not trash the home it was just very very very dirty...carpet survived incredibly well for what the rest of the home looked like. also he took it upon himself to have verizon fios installed, not normally a problem except he had them mount the fios box in my laundry room !

its so unique to be part of a forum/network whereby the attitude is positive and the environment so supportive.

I still got the house sold but it was a challenge due to the environment it was in...

If it really does only need 1k in repairs that is an incredible deal at 5k a door.Just have to make sure utilities,high taxes assessments,and maintenance don't eat you up.Do you have a pic of the property.No address just wanted to see what it looked like for that price.Here that would be in a war zone in Atlanta and I wouldn't go near it.

I am a contrarian investor... so for sure, this environment continues to be lucrative.

Explain to them that appraisers are scared out of their pants and always opt low in this environment.

He has yet to accomplish anything of significance yet he has created an incredible buzz.

I feel this is incredibly stupid if true that you basically paying $25 for visual voicemail which I don't even care about...