Thing that burns me up is because of the pipe is I offered to buy them a warranty.  

The custodian of the land said it’s ancient Native hunting ground they burned and maintained up until the 1870’s.

NJ Woman Dies After Setting House on Fire When Landlord Tried to Evict Her | NBC New York - YouTubeThat's alot of poor kitties for one house! Hopefully NJ et al will tighten tenant affairs well as animal control soon;...

My agent has me with Auto Owners, probably one of the most reasonable price, and they will still do cash value base instead of replacement cost, my typical 2-3 bed SFR in town insured for $60K is like $260/year with rental risk, the ones with wood burning accessories like fireplaces, and wood furnaces are $350/year. we have about a dozen with them right now, hope this helps. at some point State Farm wont cover you anymore anyway, they dont like rental risk, (i have a friend thats an agent with them) Account Closed I make many of my buying decisions based on political contribution, if you spend your money at a business that contributes to a PAC or organization, a portion of the profit from your sales goes to that cause.

The house has a wood burning fire place.

REI...it reminds me of the story of the warrior who burned his ships so his men had no choice but victory.

@Michael Baum cut the trees out, slap a 400 in it and burn some rubber man

It might be harder to find deals with good cashflow but if you're looking for long-term holds then you just want to make sure you're not burning money. 

At a certain point you'll come to a juncture where you'll have to make the choice to burn the bridges and take them to court over this or simply eat the cost.

I made this calculator just to know how long you can sustain with what kind of cash burn. https://www.biggerpockets.com/...