When you buy the place, you buy the contract, too, and just step right into the shoes of the previous owner of the contract.  

Try to pretend you are in their shoes, and what it would take to make you happy or cooperate.

Put yourself in their shoes. 

I don't need to wait until I'm scraping it off my shoes to avoid it and it sounds like you don't either.

The sink and faucet we kept as it made sense.New kitchen:In the picture you can see the base shoe from the bedrooms and living room. 

Put yourself in your tenant's shoes and keep the place in reasonable condition.  

What landlords forget is to put yourself in an applicant/tenant's shoes. 

Basically, I stepped into the owner's "shoes," as it were.It's my opinion that you could just write up something like: "I, Dad, appoint Son, to act on my behalf as my agent regarding representing me in the eviction of Tenant, until I revoke this authority in writing."

Here is his post for the April 27th one:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/187...There are plenty of turnkey RE investments out there but if I was in your shoes, I would want to be hands on and do some, if not all, of the rehab myself so I could handle those phone calls from your renters if you decide to be a Landlord.  

It cured some humidity issues we were having and made the A/C much more effective, quieted down the home tremendously, and we were able to "showcase" them (instead of covering them up), thus adding a ton of light to the home.My only regret is that we didn't do it at the proper stage.