I am curious if anyone has dealt with this issue, and how you moved forward.

We had issues with all of those on ours.)That home was not in Cleveland, but was in Dallas where I lived at the time.  

May not work, but always worth asking them to get it taken care of, some liability issue potential there. 

I've received a request to provide professional pest control service from tenant to help eliminate pest issue at the rental property. 

B and C-class properties are a bit intimidating, but I've been looking into techniques/tips for tenant screening, which should hopefully alleviate the worst of any potential issues.

Receiving rent payment is your only issue, stay out of his personal life.This is one of the reasons I never rent to anyone that is self employed.

If I didn't know any better about how to fix this mold issue, then I would run away fast too haha especially after seeing it.

She has sold them all and turned to the Independance area where the rents are higher and she has had fewer tenant issues. 

However, in order to initiate a "rent strike" and not pay rent, at least in Texas, there are specific notification and response windows that have to be met (by the tenant) and failed (by the landlord) before the tenant can take any of this action.If you have your requests and invoices for the efforts to remedy the situations, if the issues named were never reported, and If the report appears retaliatory in intent, you're probably in good shape.

All the while didn't get a deal due to my own issues fear and lack of understanding.