Brick wall has a "bow"/leaning inwards... Is there a good fix?

[Paul Schanbacher]

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum category to put this in, forgive me if it is not. A good friend of mine called me today to look at a property with him. It has a lot of potential (so long as this does not break the deal), it is in a great area, price is right to make some good money on a flip. The one problem we noticed is in the basement (I should have gotten pictures, but I did not think of it at the time. I will when we go back). There is a large "bow", if you will, in tow of the brick walls on the exterior of the house in the basement. The house is 102 years old. The walls are made of brick. One wall is fairly bad, with some bricks missing near the top and it has moved inward more than I would like to see. The second wall is a pretty steady bow inward all the way across with no bricks or anything missing. 

Has anyone dealt with repairing exterior/foundation brick walls in basements? Is this something we should completely steer clear of? I know a friend who bought a house which had a block wall where it had bowed out and they made a bracing system which was considered an acceptable fix. Is this a possibility for a brick wall too?

Thank you for any insight!