Many sellers just don't want to be bothered with the hassle and possible delay of doing all the repairs.

However I've heard that it is pretty laxed and there is a lot of grey area and most people as @Drew Macomber stated don't really pay any attention or bother doing it.

I've never bothered categorizing repairs that way.

Quote from @Hong Yang: instead of driving 2 hours to see a house that is probably not that great.You kinda said it all right there...why bother with this one?

So I don’t bother any more.

Later on, you find all the things you miss and it's a cost-overrun (and change order) bonanza.You give contractor "B" that same written scope - but he's really on his game and points out a dozen things you missed, writes an entirely new scope of work for a lot more money.. but you decide that all that other stuff doesn't matter, or you skip straight to the bottom line without bothering to read his bid, and hire contractor "A" anyway.

The judge told him if he ever stepped foot on any of our properties, businesses or bothered any of our children and tenants he would immediately have him arrested for contempt of court.

I was reading about (and contemplating) not even bothering with deposits, but I stumbled upon a service that claims to take care of that, is fully online, and is "free."

She would message me profound language attacking me with these accusations until I told her that I would not tolerate it and that I was her landlord and she could not speak to me that way, and from that point on she was to treat me with respect as her landlord.A month went by, and I hadn't heard anything from her, she just went about her craziness without bothering me.

I wish I hadn't bothered!