Those are typically scraped by a deleader.  3) Lead paint on Moveable/Impact surfaces. 

Around here, there would never be a payback in a typical rental.

Yes, I don't see cash for keys working because it won't be simple for them to find a different place as cheap or willing to take someone with inconsistent income.With no escape clause in the lease we were just counting days (months) til we can get tenants that meet our typical qualifying requirements.

The house next door is typically your redneck trash house with unkept yard ,with trash and broke down cars and lawn mowers in yard .

San Antonio's boom has inflated prices typically too high.

Typically on a foreclosure auction its cash-only, obvs, but since this was not a foreclosure and a state-owned property that has no leins, they couldn't give me an answer.Does anyone have any experience with this type of thing?

Being a condo less can go wrong but when a tenant moves out you will need to paint / replace carpets etc which a typical turnover is $1000-$1500.

Typically, borrowers must provide title insurance policies to protect the lenders' monetary interests.

There is definitely money to made in SS, and plenty of people are doing it.I'll also add to Mike's comments that small increases are easily attainable as (1) tenants typically aren't talking to each other about price (i.e. comparing their rent), etc and (2) most tenants don't find a small increase in price motivation enough to spend money on a moving truck and spend a weekend or more moving their belongings to a new facility.

In our 3 properties, we typically run a less than 5% vacancy, actually its less than 2%, but I always take 5% of the monthly rent for that emergency fund in case I run an eviction that lasts several months.