For instance, if the children are running around, touching things and the parent did not do much to stop them, I will see that as a red flag.  

Is your duplex the cool one with red doors along that area that recently sold?

I might ask who else had red hair in my family (both my Mom and Dad did, as I did as a child).

In red righ?

home immediately next door is something of a deep worry to me. 

Having a home available with anywhere NEAR that kind of margin is just a huge red flag.  

Including Journeymen with Red Seal Certification in the painting industry.To set things straight on the caulking and as per the MPI Standards - Caulking is not the responsibility of the painter and that of the GC.

How deep are you into this??

It would behoove all of us and our tenants to read the American Red Cross Emergency Preparedness information available on line and in written form.

Then, I'd explain that I purchase at deep discounts, so there is equity to minimize the default risk, and I'd explain that the lender has a Deed of Trust, just like a bank carries a mortgage."