So legal advice from someone who is not a lawyer.1.

"Also anyone could sue you for any alleged reason and a good lawyer could file a motion for " order of examination" of your assets and you would have a tough choice to make.

The tenant has kept the place in great shape except some melted siding from a grill ($100-$300 repair)The tenant is a law graduate student and works at a firm, said all the lawyers at her firm said she has every right to move out and not pay rent.She also wants her full security deposit back as well.Should I just let her go and cut my losses, or should I deduct her security deposit and sue her for rent?

We had no one and never got a lawyer on our side first.

Should I lawyer up?

I am not a lawyer.

His poor housekeeping shouldn't keep you from the property if it's that good but do extra due diligence and make sure you talk with the tenants first and that he hasn't just slapped someone in there to dump it, inherited tenants can be a nightmare if he didn't vet them as well as you might.Since you inherit the leases, maybe have a lawyer look over the leases to see if there are glaring holes, that may be an issue for you and once you buy the property, it's your issue.

Absence fraud, almost no lawyer will take the investors suit.

If you call a number on the do not call list, then it is phone harassment on the FIRST call.Be VERY careful.By the way, probate lawyers have a term for people that do this. 

I later rented an office from a lawyer here in town, then went in partners on buying an office then finally bought my own office.