Are they separately metered for water, or does the landlord currently pay that?

I have learned to work on the safety items first including electrical, necessary structural, Roof leaks, water system leaks etc.

The PM found a water leak in the kitchen area (upstairs) and water stain on the outside of downstairs bedroom.

Circuit breakers should trip when the line voltage is shorted direct shorted, but if the short has high resistance, breakers will not trip but current will flow.

Or a water line could freeze and burst in 2 months and create a 3-4k repair shortly after buying.

when assigning an inspector make sure they test the water.

Unfortunately, we have just learned about a water damage caused by the people living upstairs.

@Arwin Nassiri Be sure to do your due diligence when considering raw land, and consider particularly the cost of getting water and other utilities to the location and whether you can actually build on the land at all - any structures or improvements within 25ft of a Joshua Tree will be difficult, expensive, and likely impossible in most areas - and you generally can't move them either. 

But, if I was brand-new with no lease or idea what to do and/or no time, they are decent enough to keep me out of hot water.   

If you define getting ahead as not losing money/ having a positive rate of return while providing you and your family a stable recessions resistant long term investment that allows you to focus on the things that matter to you: I have gotten ahead in RE.I have never done anything that I'm not comfortable talking about on BP or else where.