This sounds like a dangerous situation.

When it is assumed to be safe, values will be higher, it will be more difficult to buy and it will be no safer of more dangerous than it is today.  

Do you have any evidence that the house was a lab to make meth, utilizing dangerous chemicals? 

Sounds like there’s some old school territorial folx spewing a bit of false hatred.

Blackrock and other hedge funds are dangerous to American families when they buy significant amounts of SFR. 

Thanks There's no reason you cannot negotiate the price of a rental property, but as you alluded to, this could be dangerous territory, depending on the specifics of your situation. 

Lead Paint poses a danger when it is deteriorating so sealing it cures the risk. 

It made me realize I knew just enough to be dangerous to myself.I took a break from real estate. 

While I have experience with single-family homes, multi-family units are new territory for me.

If you search Toledo you will find many posts about the zip codes that will meet different goals...personally I keep half my investments in 43608 (with a rant posted about how dangerous the zip code is to those who go shopping without knowing what they are buying)...43608 is the zero-appreciation investment from my stand point because $20k gets me $700 in rent for a 3/1 so I don't really care if I sell the house for $20k in 20 yrs or $5k, I moved $168,000 in gross rent. 43612 and 43613 are the out-of-towner's meat and potatoes currently, pretty hot area and a lot of competition on the discounted properties that hit the market...assume you are putting $35k to get $750-$800/mo for a 3 bedroom house.Those are just my stomping grounds, I support my entire family on those areas (like Buffet, I have my eggs in one basket and I watch that basket).