If inspections are to be done in progression they have to be scheduled with the town building dept in order to not hit a road block.

But a house I looked at had like a 2 inch gap between cinder blocks on the basement wall. 

We have an artist community here, that includes 6 duplexes and the whole block is fenced, with a gate. 

You want to set expectations early and clearly up front to (hopefully) save pain later on.

One end of the block can be appealing, while just five houses down can be considered the slums.3.

Each neighborhood, and even each block, can be different.

I'd rather spend $10 to have a happy tenant that will think twice about trashing my place, leaving unexpectedly, or making it a pain to maintain/show the property in the future.It's not one size fits all and the other strategy is just as valid.

Not only is it a pain for me, but the guests enjoy their vacation less when they have an issue like that.Setup an LLC and bank account sooner.

And actually I now tend to just take care of these things right away because its such a pain to deal with unplanned issues with things, especially furnaces.

Then we have to move into it from the home we purchased in October [which is a block down from sons home] to owner occupy it for a year.