Its hard to imagine how anyone could incur any liability or cause much damage from caulking something and using sand paper.

@Zack Parker  welcome to BP and, man, I wish you lived in NYC cause my softball team badly needs a ringer.

Seems kind of unfair to have to pay for damage caused by someone else's house fire.

IMO: I would stay away from an ARM, you have to many risks involved that could permanently harm your future RE career.

In Virginia there is jargon to the effect that you are responsible (if you are a landlord) to provide livable conditions and it may cause further problems for you if they say you haven't been providing that even when they haven't been paying you.

He owns his own business doing cleaning and renovation work already so our business together is just one part of his work, which sometimes can cause some scheduling conflicts but we have worked thru it pretty well.Tenants pay rent direct electronically or by bank depositI sign the leases here and send electronically, with the maintenance guy handling the paperwork and also witnessing the signing.He gets paid about 1/2 of what a full service PM company would per month for being available and responding to minor repair calls (1 hour), and 1/2 a months rent for handling showings and performing in-person screening.  

Because title transfer can trigger a sale which would cause you to have to pay tax on gains in an scorp ..

There is a list with just a cause #, Account #, then it says For Sale.  

ANY interested party can object to the grant of authority, although the Court must grant the authority unless an objecting party can show good cause.

For example you can look at alternative acquisition strategies like seller financing or lease/options (L/Os can be really risky though, cause you're kinda gambling with the seller on appreciation).