You can see the various inspections and whether they passed or failed the first time.

For example, I've seen big-time investors/business owners fail to properly manage a duplex. 

It's the number one reason that landlords fail to get a ROI.May the force be with you...

No doubt there are many success stories, but for every success story there is someone who failed.

The longest I have seen in modern conventional home construction now is 60yrs.On flip side of coin, there is a laundry list of potential nightmares: failing foundation can be intensly expensive to repair as 2'+ foundations was common and is extra expensive to address vs conventional.

Because they did the job he failed to do.

I wanted to say that I am an option trader myself who wasn't very successful and was failing for 8 months straight.

If Tenant fails to correct the violation within seven days of said notice, Tenant agrees to pay for the cost of Landlord resolving the problem (if it can be resolved), or Landlord may default the Lease and require the Tenant to vacate the Premises.

I found out that the automatic sprinkler unit failed leaving the backyard without water for about 6 months, (hence the condition of the grass and shrubs).

As I dug deeper into the issue I learned that the previous owners knew of this issue and the fact that this property was not allowed to be renovated or lived in due to the failing system (and subsequent inability to fix it).