Here is what I found: According to state laws (Civil Code § 1941.1 and § 1941.3), at minimum every rental must have:-effective waterproofing and weather protection of roof and exterior walls, including unbroken windows and doors-functioning plumbing, heating, and electrical facilities, including hot and cold running water and a working toilet and kitchen sink-clean and sanitary building and grounds (that is, free of debris, filth, rubbish, garbage, rodents, and vermin), with adequate trash receptacles-well-maintained floors, stairways, and railings-deadbolt locks on certain doors and windows-no lead paint hazards, and-no nuisances, a catchall provision referring to something that is dangerous to human life, detrimental to health, or morally offensive and obnoxious, such as allowing drug dealing on the premises.If I were you I would take LOTS of pictures and document everything.

No offense intended. 

Stay out of Coffeyville Kansas unless you can tolerate riff raff, refinery trash, drugs, thieving prostitutes, meth head squatters, petty criminals, breaking and entering, overdoses and dead bodies in your properties, tenants having adultery with other tenants spouses, walking in on intruders in your STR, 5 homicides in a year in a town of 9500, and other miscellaneous nuisances. 

irisI say it all the time find a local paralegal and do your home workthis will save you the bar fees and you will be educated about the law in your staterealtors are mostly cream puff seller-(no offense) especially when it comes to something out side the boilerplate contractI bought my first piece of property on a napkin at the black bear dinnermake sure you get in with the title company and make it a habit of being a friend with the county court houseenjoy

Just some thoughts ..... overall i think it prevents kids and other lowerend criminals.

No offense to those who answered, but wow!  

The tenant is a deadbeat that doesn't pay rent AND is a criminal.

Message me if you want an opinion from someone who isn't a real estate agent (no offense to them).

They might be criminals who are tricking you for critical things to get what they need.  

As they say, cashflow if your "defense" --it helps ensure that you aren't at risk of losing the property...but appreciation is the "offense" that allows you to build real wealth