Lead Paint- Help

[Jacob A.]

Hey everyone! I'm looking into an investment property to flip before 1978. Obviously, the threat of lead based paint is there. I havn't gotten an inspection done because I don't have an accepted offer yet, but what are we looking at as far as remedies go here. I have heard that some contractors would just paint over it and that is that, nothing else needs to be done. My problem with that is that we are planning on replacing some, if not most, of the drywall. I was under the impression that anytime you disturb lead based paint, which would include ripping out drywall with lead based paint on it, that you had to have a special contractor come in that is licensed in this area to remove it and it can really destroy a budget. What's the story?