Further showings allowed only with a written offer that the seller will accept / approved application with first, last & security from tenants.Agent and tenants wear masks and stay at least 6' apart.Buyers and prospective tenants are firmly instructed not to touch anything.Have the tenant/seller leave all lights on and doors/cabinets open to eliminate the need for touching them.Agent wipes down all handles, knobs, etc prior to locking up.Tenants have the upper hand at the moment. 

I once called a complaint into "311" the local hotline when someone posted them on every light pole, hundreds on them in the neighborhood, signs on ugly orange colored cardboard.I didn't know I know the guy that hung the signs, and he complained when I saw him that someone squealed on him to the authorities.

I've been researching for years and run numbers on hundreds of properties.

Now, I have more than a hundred doors.

The inspection required the landlord to clean/replace the carpet, repaint some cabinet doors that had chipped paint, repaint some dirty walls, and replace the non-working garbage disposal.

I have been a contractor and investor for many years and done hundreds of deals, we have have some that well just suck.

The bathroom floor and part of the subfloor in the hall and kitchen would have to come-up; the wall between the bathroom and hallway and across the end of the hall would be going back to the studs; the common wall between this apartment and the adjacent unit would need to be brought up to current {fire} code; the ductwork for the HRV needed to be replaced; and three of the existing windows had broken thermo panes.We also planned to improve the energy efficiency of much of the envelope during this renovation - the amount would depend upon what we found behind the drywall.What we found:The damage to the subfloor on both levels was more extensive than forecasted and I wasted two weeks, and a few hundred dollars in materials, over the holidays in December trying to remove the smell of pet urine (ozone, enzymes, sealant, etc).  

A few hundred bucks upfront could save you thousands down the road.  

He is managing hundreds of thousands of dollars of my assets.

I'm not an expert yet as I have just recently rejoined the family business, but one problem in NJ is that it costs a few hundred dollars to begin the eviction process, at least here in Elizabeth.