Good luck, I just sold my duplex in North Dallas, three hail storms later and three roof replacements plus 8K in property taxes per year made me sell and move my money to other markets. 

Also, this must be a reasonably sized building and exposed to potential hail damage.

If it’s not too wet or too dry or windy, or hail, or etc.  

We also have a fair amount of hail storms....so roofs are often something to look at as well.   

@Matthew John, yes I have used LendinOne to acquire a house that got hit by hail during the contract period.

Roofers take large down payments because it is often an insurance check after hail and they don’t want it spent before they get paid, alot of the cost is labor upfront in tearoff and disposal and if they don’t get paid they cannot come back and remove their roof.

But after looking at the rates i was still a little weary so i did a last ditch hail mary, i asked facebook.

Inspection showed hail damage on the roof.

So, to attempt to answer, I believe this would simply be a hail mary to try to "help" the owners.Because it is not actually listed, foreclosed, etc, they are still living in the home and I have not been able to get in to see what costs there may be. 

@Nicho PruettDepending on the type of insurance the landlord has most coverages do covers liability, vandalism, fire, hail, windstorm, and malicious mischief.The landlord needs to speak with their insurance agent which I'm sure they have if the whole toilet drain system is ruined by the cement.