Unfortunately mine are note based and specific to our asset class and brand, otherwise I would have no issues sharing

If you get a restoration company to come in and get all the issues remediated, and they sign off on it, then I don't see how you could be liable if something happened in the future as a result of the fire damage. 

Based on what you have said here, it seems like your A/C damaged them, and asking for payment to be made whole seems righteous.If you pay, talk to an attorney to make sure its a one time shot, and that one payment settles the issue 100% forever, so they will not come back for more later.Good Luck!

The lack of ground is less of an issue than one would think on the surface.

Most investors I come across switch funding sources because of qualifying issues related to DTI.

Since we are local to our market it is not an issue, however to beat this you could get a Google Voice with a local number that forwards to your phone for free.You will need some sort of boots on the ground anyways so using your contracted cleaner, handyman, or a neighbor or Realtor etc will all work, but me personally I would want the call to come to me so I can figure the best person to call.

Needing a mortgage to do so, I was wondering if there'd be any issues getting a mortgage in the US considering I've lived overseas since my early 20s and am now in my 30s.

I won't go into details but I have tried to work with many tenants with drug issues and have yet to not have it hit me with a huge financial hit.Sex Offenders: Nope, I have a policy for No Sex Offenders.

I'm not sure if this has been touched on previously but it recently became an issue that I never planned on dealing with.My business purchased a duplex back in November, and one of the tenants picked up and moved out with no notice about a month ago.

This usually includes cosmetics and smaller inspection issues that weren't really able to be used as leverage for negotiating.