THEN get the pest control people in to spray that unit....did the pest control people spray that particular unit as well?  

it's stone or brick...are we spraying it with Thompsons water seal? 

Working on getting our team together....looking for a good RE tax person in the Salt Lake City, UT area.

@Bettina F. one tip for permanent marker removal I learnt from one of the janitorial staff at the medical clinic where I work is to use bug spray.

That may be the case, I don't know your market well so I would take that with the grain of salt I intend it to have.

Just spray, scrape and toss the bags as they fill up.

I once had a tenant who thought using cups of Epsom salt for every bath was a good idea.....Lets just say....It wasn't...

Add in the fact that this is a non-conforming (i.e. weird) property and you've got a lot of reasons to walk away.I'm a very conservative buyer, so take this all with a grain of salt... but one thing I always try to stop myself from doing (it happens all the time) is HOPING a deal works when it's not really a deal.

I am by no means an expert and certainly take my advice with a grain of salt, but I think its vitally important to have a clean financial house before you start looking at others.You have debt, you might have IRS issues, and your credit score is in the garbage bin.

If there are other areas prone to weeds or whatnot, I will sometimes weedwack or spray for weeds a couple times a year just in the normal course of being at or near the property.