If anyone is interested in section 8 approved property with a current rental license.........It really is a lot of hoops to jump to make a dollar in n Minneapolis.I had a property that had been a rental for years.  

I see storage as a small business and I  loved mine.. but I see it as more of an operational type business simply because you have more turn over and such compared to parks.. you get the right parks and you have ZERO turn over.. now low end rat trap parks are tougher of course I am talking about what I call investment grade parks.. and they trade at low cap rates but if you can move rents over time.. they are solid. 

Im not interested in Section 8 type tenants

Try to help new owners not fall into the same traps as I did.

I looked up the PA landlord tenant laws and found this handbook: http://lhop.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Tenan...Page 31 covers insect infestations and says that the landlord is required to fix the issue. 

Been an owner for 4-5 years, learned quite a few things already, among which is that a commercial kitchen is not something to be made or modified lightly - it has to be properly designed and properly made in order to function well.So I have this retail store of about 1100 sqft that someone wants to take for a small coffee shop with the ability to bake.My question is where do I start searching for someone to design/compute small walk-in cooler, grease trap, vent-a-hood, stove and HVAC on top of that so all this could become useable without anyone getting burned.From my past experience I have local mexican crews who can do any and all of the listed things and they'd do them relatively well except they won;t ever be designed to actually work well together.On the other end of the spectrum I've worked with american general contractors and they tend to cost 2-3 times the Mexican crews and, at least in my case, ended up delivering about same end result (in all fairness it was only kitchen remodeling, not design from ground up; but statement stands valid and I was able to later do almost the same at literally third of the cost).Your expertise is appreciated.

I feel trapped a it as purchasing a commercial property that would underwrite with a bank doesn't appear to be great value-add potential and it typically just super expensive.

Has septic with grease trap and in the right zoning.

Ultimately it may be in your best interest to take care of it and may be required by law depending on the state.Rats don't squeeze in under a door, not a normal door at least, so I would first make sure that all outside cracks, crevices and holes are filled up, especially in a crawl space to prevent anymore from getting in.Then, again it really depends on the state laws, but after my due diligence is done sealing up the up the outside and inside of any places a rat could get in I would think about telling the tenant that they can buy rat traps or whatever they want to use to get rid of what's is inside and I will reimburse them the cost with a recipe, I would only do this if I felt comfortable with local laws otherwise I would just hire a pest control person to take care of it.

Regarding maintenance, lease only mentioned that tenants are responsible for the following:-All electrical systems and fixtures repairs when those are necessitated by the fault or negligence of the tenants-All doors, windows and frame repair -Protection against insect and pest-Structural repairs from tenants fault-Routine HVAC maintenance and repair-Lawn.