Change it out and you will not only solve that problem, you'll save yourself some wrongful death suits if the place burns down.

I dont even ask about beds and baths and such, I see all that online as soon as I look up the property, again you are looking for a situation, not a house.

I won't bore everyone (to death) with insurance stuff.

The biggest points to remember when looking for comps is, area and square footage first, then getting bedrooms and baths as close as possible, a 3 bed will comp to a 4, but a 2 would not.

I generally look for properties with 3 beds, 2 baths that are newer than 1980 (Advice from my Grandpa).

After much research, reading and commenting on BP I purchased a direct mail list from http://www.listsource.com using criteria that other BP members provided me, they are:- Absentee Owners- Alameda County, CA- 2 to 5 Beds- 1+ Baths- Equity <$30,000- Equity < 49%- Last Market Sale Date: 01/01/1901 - 12/31/1998- Less than 4 units- Excluded Trust and Corporate Owned- Deduplicated leads where the mailing address was the same for multiple propertiesThis resulted in 896 leads.

A conversion may not have had a permit.Probably an error at the county, they concentrate on sq ft, not beds and may have been recorded wrong.

Not sure what Bloomberg would say in your area, but the people upstairs are going to be calling your friend pretty soon about bed bugs they didn't bring in.

I understand that I cannot be evicted due to the landlord's death, and my lease is valid until August 2014.

Here are some of the specs: Built in 07, 2 bed/2.5 bath, 1372 sq ft.