Amd they're not a big deal... uh, when you're paying to repave your neighbor's driveway every 2 years, or you find out you aren't allowed to park cars within 30 feet of the lot next door, but that's where the driveway is and now you can't offer parking to your tenants,  or maybe you lose 10 feet of your setback because you can't see all encroachments with your naked eye and now you can't develop the lot in the future without an expensive variance pricess. 

I am excited to be able to share what are wins in my eyes.  

My favorite contractors are the ones interested in investing in real estate - they tend to look at the project through a different set of eyes. 

I had my eye on this house for years and inquired many times from the town about owner ship of which they said they had no clue... well it turned out the town had owner ship and put it up for auction for tax liens.

If it's been sitting and you aren't feeling confident about this many aspects of the deal, I'm not saying don't go do your diligence if you can agree on a decent purchase price, but also make sure you are going in with open eyes.

@Nick Rogers feel free to keep an eye out for the meeting getting posted.

Make sure that your property is being marketed to catch the eye of buyers relocating from higher-priced markets so that the size and amenities of your property seems more of a bargain. 

(In my eyes a PM should do everything to manage that property and not put any of the stress on the owner)

We have a new apartment listing at my office and I have my eyes on a couple that are currently listed on public sites as well.

If you think it will not have a significant affect on your utilities then install free machines.My tenants in a nice neighborhood love our new laundry room and they don't bat an eye at $2 a wash and $2 a dry.