Our shared housing program pretty much prevents a tenant from tearing up the property and we keep unfettered access to the houses at all times.  

I can see maybe a law to prevent harassing next of kin withing say 90 days of passing. 

Today my tenant called me to say that I needed to call a plumber - the toilet was clogged. 

I will provide you the most recent comparable sales within your area so we can agree on a mutual price together and so that you would also have total transparency on the value of your house.If you are upside-down in your mortgage (in other words, if you owe more than your house is worth) or if there are other problems preventing you from selling, I can definitely help as well.

But…  money prevents desperation and creates more opportunity and choices.  

I went back and looked at the lease and there isn't anything about lawn care so that would fall under my responsibility.However for the garbage disposal it does say that the lessee is responisble for clogs/ stoppages of the disposal.  

My issue with selling it on owner finance to a different end buyer is that if the loan is ever called due in the future the end buyer would have to be able to refinance quick to prevent a disaster.  

Know what your objective is (buy the house at a certain price, get an option to purchase, etc), List the issues that will prevent that (seller wants too much money), List the motivation for them to do what you want (divorce, inherited, etch), have a list of questions for them, question that they might bring up and then a list how you will address any of their concerns.

Hi @Kyle Cabral Be cautious with any HOA, they prevent you from doing things, like Rent to Own and Seller Financing.Go Pats!

Anyone thinking of investing in Baltimore has to understand this issue, and how to mitigate the risk.The original goal of the program was to provide economical rental housing that would prevent lead poisoning.