Lawsuit against seller?

[William Dubinsky]

I recently purchased a property out of state. The process to close was difficult to say the least. Despite me covering closing costs, closing still had to be delayed over a month for the seller to find financing to cover back taxes and utilities he hasn't been keeping up on. But the home was already occupied with tenants that had been there for almost 4 years and wanted to say, and the seller said they were no problem. I had my agent walk the property and she talked to the seller directly.

I closed on the property at the end of January, immediately, the issues began. When dropping off keys to my PM, the seller informed them that the current tenants were horrible, and not to trust anything they said. He said the tenants were between $5k-$6k behind on rent and and they were the main reason he had decided to start selling all of his properties.

Instead of collecting a check from day 1, I had to immediately begin an eviction. Additionally, I now need to extensively reno and repair the property. I knew this expense would be coming, but because I was under the impression I had good tenants, I thought this expense would be a ways down the road. Last week I went to look at the property and discovered the seller has also not made several repairs to the house that he agreed to do before the title transferred.

Do I have a case to take legal action against him?