They could be elderly or out of town or just not have the money to pay a $1500 to get that stuff done.

Quote from @Dianne Forwood: We just moved to take care of my elderly parents.

An elderly member of my family is contemplating selling his apartment building in the Redding, CA area (couple hours north of Sacramento) and has asked for my advice.

Devin Elder had some really good points.Podcast #207

I would be careful in CA as financial elder abuse is not treated like the joke it is in a lot of the midwestern states.

I don't know.On a case study there was an elderly couple with their first SF deal that took 3 months to rehab and no renters at the time of the presentation.

I had a similar tenant and raised the rent every year by the minimum $30/month.For 11 years she paid her water bills, did direct deposits a week before the 1st of each month & took good care of the place & never complained.Admittedly the home originally cost me $22K, & I did very little to it over the years.I sold it 2 years ago for $42K to a fellow investor & she is still there paying the same rents.Tenants like these are like gold nuggets.I just stole an elderly tenant from another landlord who moved a young punk above her in a duplex.The woman had been there 9 years & just wanted peace & quiet.

I don't think this is currently happening so I could see potential issues for them in the future. its called unconscionable profits  realtors can get tagged with this  ) open door is a licensed broker)  I pretty sure all the I buyers are they have to be.. they cant be like the legion of unlicensed wholesalers who's whole business model is illegal to begin with.be that as it may license or not anyone can get tagged for unconscionable profits.. this is most likely to happen when some one elderly gets duped .. the son or daughter who stood to  inherit is an attorney and there ya go. 

For example, use by an elderly couple (usually low water usage) changing to a young couple with young children (lots of water use and likely more rich waste - think laundry, baths, and milk) can overwhelm the microbes in the system and/or the overall ability of the soil to receive the additional load.

One in particular was from an elderly woman who owned it for 50 years.