Major work will be done by licensed GCs where we will be "additional insured". 

Someone I know owns section 8 properties, he doesn’t have any issues and the rent gets deposited directly to his account.

There is plenty of development and redevelopment near the 2 major hospitals we have here.

If you have leads but no deals, it may be a conversion or sales issue.

Anyone else having issues?

so you're not going to get that promised 'cash flow' until year 5 or 7 or 10 or 15 - especially if you think about paying yourself back for that 20-25% down payment.here's a post that goes into these issues in tons of detail.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl...i hope this helps and gives you some things to think about. 

Plus, if your entities are set up correctly, it's a major turn off to lawyers that are hired for petty accidents or grievances.

The 30 days has expired, and he is now claiming the house has mold and other issues that have not been addressed.

But in my decades of landlording I've never had a liability issue. 

That is partly a legal issue but I think where you run into trouble is with your broker.