The best way to cure this fear is to take ACTION!

This way you have enough of a spread to work with.I will say thisThank you for taking some action and overcoming any fears you may have had.

make sure you account for the time delay it takes for you to request the custodian to take action and it actually getting done.

This is an amazing clause, it will save you $2-300 year per unit, and on super-ball Sunday night when you get a call/text that toilet is not working you just remind them they are free to call anyone :)

We had sewage backing up into toilets, tubs, and sinks in two bathrooms.

Have a bias for action... even if you spend a little more for a deal, if it's a money-maker, you're still moving forward.  

He can then advise you as to course of action or in my case, inaction.  

If a property appears neglected or vacant as @Ned Carey predicted, I check an online tax lien site, the auditors' site to estimate how much equity they may have, the scheduled sheriff sales site where the plaintiff is a clue to which are probably tax lien sales, and the Clerk of Courts which shows other foreclosure actions, judgments, etc.

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action.

In my county it's less than $80 to file against one tenant.Sometimes that's the only "revenge" a landlord has with a tenant who views a lease in the same light as toilet paper.Gail