Look here is the point.You can either see what you want to see, and believe what is easier and more convenient for you to believe, ORYou can realize there IS a much better way, and get out of your comfort zone and STEP UP, take control and dominate! 

Not only that, the state department of environmental control was involved due to asbestos and lead in the older home.

You can purchase lists with different motivations like absentee owners, 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, evictions, probate, divorce, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, motivated seller website with SEO, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.If you have a big budget you can do radio, TV and billboards.

For internet leads the best bet is to get a site like Carrot.comYou can also purchase lists with different motivations like absentee owners, 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, evictions, probate, divorce, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, motivated seller website with SEO, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.If you have a big budget you can do radio, TV and billboards.

You better off having full control of 2-3 homes vs 0 when the debt service is the same..

Most of these types of nit picky requests end once they start hearing they have to cover it.Regarding the bed bugs does your lease state anything about the tenant being responsible for pest control? 

Lower appreciation with less control of your unit but you are more hands off and larger repairs and cap ex are taken care of by the association.

I was at VRMA this year and they had a booth there to showcase their auto system for keyless door control and other smart home feature. 

If you see their add on television or hear it on the radio, they probably don't do what you need on a regular basis.  

The entire property/loan/arrears, are part of the bankruptcy and under the control of the trustee so, like Brett says, if it's been discharged or dismissed, sure but if it's an active 13, you have to have a hearing (Not you, the borrower) and get the trustee's permission to do anything with the property.