I'll play devil's advocate here (as someone who also is from Portland, loves the market in our hometown and has also seen a LOT of people get priced out of the market over the years).On one hand, the other posters are correct... in terms monthly cash flow this doesn't loo great, but decisions are rarely that cut and dry. 

I use my surplus dry powder (outside of a tax shelters, e.g. 

Dry well from the 50's. 

All clothes need to be washed and dried on hot & bagged up, furniture checked, clutter eliminated etc... the thought of trying to get 12 different families who have enough trouble understanding me as it is to coordinate all this gives me a migraine. 

Most of those chemicals dry pretty fast, and if it was going to peel it probably would have done so already.

as for insects, litter the place with diatomaceous earth (makes the most sense between tenants, but can be used around humans and pets)worse problem with much contact is dry skin/rash.the powder is crushed diatomes (creature shells, chemically silica-ish) in effect it's micro shards of glass which wedge in the crevices of the exoskeletons. so bugs eventually get clumped up with the stuff and can't move. and sometime pierces the innards. so either way they die.it's organic, non toxic. just don't wallow in it, and don't let kids/pets play in it.

And ask them to leave all traps and leave the powder dry and in place.

(landlord to do it)Take out the filter, wash it with soap, wipe it dry and put it backChange the heater filter (landlord to do it)Check exhaust from the dryer.

Short term when we have had wells run dry we have run a hose from another home but it is likely too cold where you are. some places you can get water delivery. 

The roof trusses if not inundated with dry rot and termite damage may also have lots of truss fractures caused by tradesmen not knowing where or how to walk on it or by falling branches and wind driven rain issues.Particle board sub flooring is held together with Elmers Glue.