Investment property with a cesspool

[Debra Irvine]

We purchase an investment property, we had our own inspector come out to the house prior to closing and the hard money company we used also had their inspector come out to the home. We just found out when we listed the home with a realtor, that the home has a cesspool! In New Jersey you can not sell a home with a cesspool, it must be upgraded to a septic system. We spoke with the health department and they have no record of what type of system the house may have. But I'm scratching my head, that I had two inspectors come out and no one ever brought up about the sewage system, and the fact on how the man we bought it from was able to sell this home to us, when in fact the New Jersey laws states a home can't be sold with a cesspool. Am I missing something?