Perhaps more emphasis needs to be placed on suitability for the job through better psychological screening to avoid some of the issues we have had with law enforcement.

But some mechanicals cost $$ to repair or replace.

I think you need 3-4% just for maint/repairs, plus $350/unit/year for capital reserves to replace 15-20yr items like roof and mechanicals, plus turnover expenses geared to the vacancy rate.

Any mechanical damage that happens to the root causes a new shoot to pop up.

If people are going to take investing advice from their clergy, they deserve what they get...Do these people take their children to their auto mechanic when they get sick?!?!?

The mechanics are unclear also.

I didn't make a counter but left it that I would get back with him.All mechanical systems are functional but old.

You give him the key and once he opens the door, that act of opening door activates a teleport mechanism that beams him to the entrance of a ocean front unit in Thailand which you own and it's already furnished with a maid who charges you $50 a month.

In my opinion, the most important rehab components to pay attention to are the one that are most expensive -- foundation/structural, septic, mechanicals, roof, windows, etc.

All of the above is important, but IMHO, if you do not understand the mechanics of how a building and it's infrastructure work, you are not in a very good position to determine the condition of a prospective property, nor can you really evaluate what others, including your contractors and other advisers are telling you.