although when I did this actively we would jimmy a door or window if the house was vacant.. day or two before the sale.. 

@Andrew Johnson what about replacing rotten wood around windows and repainting window frames and a porch?

I saw today on the news a few apartment complexs with water up to the first floor windows which mean first floor flooded.. my experience in Katrina when I looked at a few apartment complexs there post Katrina that had flooded.. they needed to be completely vacated.. and bottom floor and some times top floor dry wall and every thing ripped out.. mold grows there like nobodys business its like living in a petri dish in that area of the country.  

Why are you so set on a 30 year build window?

I have never known fruit flies to do much damage on their own, and they aren't hard to get rid of when it comes time to turnover the unit.My advice would be to get them to sign a pet addendum if you feel that strongly about it, and then coast until the sixty day window before their lease expires.

Trim all trees away from the home and in the back yard. 2nd cut once job is done for photos. 2- Paint exterior walls, trim, shutters, doors 3- replace all broken window panes and ensure all windows open4- replace front door and frame paint to match house 5- install all missing shutters.

Roof/siding/windows have been replaced, just needs a new driveway and finish the kitchens and baths.

Anyone have it yet? What do you think? Is it a good buy?

UNIQUE CITY HOME - Used to be a warehouse.HI-TECH/CONTEMPORARY - Lots of steel shelving with little holes - thekind your dad used to store tools on in the basement.DARING DESIGN - Still a warehouse.COMPLETELY UPDATED - Avocado dishwasher and harvest gold carpeting or vice versa.SOPHISTICATED - Black walls and no windows.

Rented a backhoe and dug out around the windows.