The old laws on the books, if enforced, were sufficient IMO.I guess the gov't wants all of the hundreds of thousands of people living in "Lonnie deal" homes to instead just rent their homes and deal with the cut-off water, the no air-conditioning repair, the roach and vermin infestation, the leaking toilet, the broken dishwasher that their landlord refuses to repair while the local courts get an influx of eviction cases. 

He pays for water.   

So I feel like I've handled the major objections to trying me out, if I can just get in the door.Here are some of the things I've tried (with varying levels of persistence, I admit), none of which have proven all that useful so far:Cold calls - Some aimed at agents I've identified with some level of interest in online marketing, some aimed at agents who I can tell have good photos, etc.Emails - Same targeting as the cold calls, just trying the approach first with email.Post cards - Using Zillow, identifying properties for sale and sending a post card directly to the homeowner with a follow-up email to the agent.

@John Jacksonand I are good friends.He lives in Texas and has mastered lease option assignments in TX, not easy in TX.In 2002 he and I became friends, and I trained him on the basics of cooperative assignments, where you enter into a lease and an option with the seller as a principal, not as an agent but a principal.You then assign the deal for a fee of generally 3 to 5%.In the example above for $100Kthey owe $95,000If they listed for a $100K, sellers would have to pay the cost to sell, which include the following:– commissions 3 to 6%– closing costs 2%– sellers concessions 3 to 6%– vacancy costs we have to pay the PITI while is being sold, let’s say $1000×4 months, and this includes electric , heat, watering lawns, garbge, and so forth– spruce up costs, such as painting a wall or replacing a carpet, or fixing a fence.Many sellers don’t have a lot of cash in the bank, and they don’t want to get more debt on a credit card fix up their house and they can sell it.So this particular seller would probably pay 10% to 15% of the value of the property to sell with an agent quickly.

as an owner do you pay water and sewer even after you rent it out? 

This is because the unknown water looks so deep and murky; however, the biggest advice I can give you is take a look in the area you live, or an area that is a little more affordable outside of where you live! 

My primary client acquisition strategy is cold calling fsbos.

If you have gas to the water heater and the furnace, I have to imagine 150A is fine for most SFR, but again, the electrician can do the load calculations.As for price, I don't know the prices in Phili, but I can't imagine $1900 is too expensive. 

The appraiser is mistaken about water damage.

We have been in a drought for so long that some dudes were able to dump some troubled properties without anyone knowing they were water drainage nightmares.