Ive heard theories that he was prescribing massive doses, give enough to kill the patient, then instead of wasting it, they would pocket the remainder to sell. Honestly it sounds more probable than just killing tons of people for fun
They probably cleaned the basement and painted the walls and so on where they actively attempted to defraud the buyers.
The case that is cited a lot is where the sellers put drywall up throughout parts of the unfinished basement. Come to find out they were covering up active leaks and there were previous pictures showing that the basement had no drywall.
The other really fun case law out there is where the seller did really really shitty repairs to a wall and roof and it rotted out the entire side of a house. He put on the disclosure that it had leaked and the repairs he did to the roof and wall. The buyers lost that case
Where are you planning on going? That makes a huge difference on if this would be advisable or not. You would really need more truck if the roads will be mountainous
Have you ever read the cited Ohio case law for these situations? It's actually really interesting. Ohio actually has no law for the seller filling out a disclosure in bad faith, it has to be proven that they were attempting to defraud the buyer, which is what makes the case law so damn interesting
The city has actually been the opposite on housing developments. They made some demands to Westport on a new community that they were trying to build that had opposition all the way up to the National Association of Home Builders national level. They are trying to implement some design standards that are just not doable on any level that wouldn't just slow housing, but actually stop it.
It can be a pain in the ass, or it can be nothing but sitting back and collecting checks. 2 or 3 units will be nothing more than a few weekends per year, as long as all your mechanicals are in good shape. Small tricks like leaving a bunch of clean furnace filters and such goes a long way to keeping your property in good shape.
Most, like myself, do it with the intent of their children using it for further education. Kids are more likely to do some type of post secondary education if they have any type of financial support. A 529 is not set up or intended to exclusively push kids into a 4 year college.
We used to file seperate to get lower payments on my wife's IBR. We switched to the REPAYE and her payments are only $80 more per month, and we get to file a joint return, which in the end we save a few thousand per year.