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This means expect tax increases, expect HOI increases, expect tenant issues, PM issues, capex issues, everything in between.

Older buildings can be an issue, we had to put some spray foam around the heat pipe entries. 

Although we didn’t have a move in move out list at the start of the lease, we have all the communication from the beginning to prove that they reported every issue and we took care of it.

However, for the seller to net the agreed price, the price has to go up in which case you can run into the issue of the property not appraising.I think the fundamental issue is this requires a more sophisticated buyer and seller (especially to have a graduated commission scheme which is common in commercial). 

It's all relative, for 2 properties & 1 W2 it's solid.

The issue with someone porting into your area from someplace else is that they almost never have income when they move. 

You or contractor/handyman come out and diagnose issue and order part.

Is there a specific issue that you are working on?

But it is relatively negligible in the scheme of things, so I am not sure why you would worry about it.