My tenants try to prevent me from raising rent by refusing to sign a new lease.

If you are very deep into it and closing is imminent, reasonable sellers will often go half or similar to prevent sinking the deal. 

I just purchased a home in Minneapolis, and I need someone to help fix some cracks in the brick exterior of a house (inspector said it is nothing of major concern, just to prevent water damage and assess current damage).

Maybe it’s in Ohio only, idk Anyway, it’s your property and you have to take care of it now and then figure out who is going to pay for the damages, how it happened to prevent such cases in future.Flooding, bursting pipes, sewer back up could happen any time without anyone’s fault.The longer you wait to fix it - the more income you lose.

@Zack Karp Would you still recommend 3% down if you knew It would prevent getting a positive cash flow?

There are often ways to prevent this as opposed to dealing with it.

My plan given this will be a financed deal is that the mortgage will be in my name, and the LLC will cover the rental aspect to prevent personal liability.Looking forward to the adventure!

Exposed wire splices were observed.Whenever an electric wire is cut and reconnected, the splice should beencased in a covered junction, outlet or switch box to prevent shocksand separation of the splice.Basement 36Foundation - CrawlSpace37 There are a few areas where the foundation is caving in and will needrepairs.

:I would buy up many cheap 3/4 bed houses and then owner finance them Off with 30 year mortgages at 9% interest and retire Great idea for states like California where rents can't meet the 1% Rule and housing prices are over inflated but what would you do to prevent them from refinancing and paying you off?

Because there is gas present, current safety practices require a damper clamp that prevents the damper from closing completely, thus allowing any gas to escape instead of flowing into the living space.