Also clearly state in your lease that it is inoperative, and is to remain so, or you could be forced into making it functional!

State General Statute 44-R.12 is quite clear on the matter "Tenants either observed to be or thought to be missing teeth may be evicted immediately and without notice. 

No redemption does make things so much cleaner when the banks are trying to clear their books.John Corey

Anything to make it clear to the seller exactly what is going on and why the price needs to reflect the market reality.You still might not get the deal so be prepared to move on.John Corey

That way you can more clearly define what you are responsible for and what the other party is responsible for.Granted a partner is not all that much better than hiring a contractor.

Lenders have departments for these things (loss recovery and other names for the departments).Clearly some lenders got it wrong.

Some real deals do get done but there is also a lot of noise rather than clear signal.John Corey

I wasn't very clear.

You need to be clear on the laws of agency.

One investor that I know does a lot of deals flips but tends to own all of his rentals free and clear.