Foundation issues

[Taylor West]

Looked at a house on Friday and discovered a foundation issue, to include maybe two or just one big problem. The owner had an estimate, not to mention the brick wall on top of the area had to be repaired to fix the cracking from continuing, but that doesn't mean anything. The other problem is the roof doesn't have gutters (I am in Louisiana), which had caused all the water to continuously pour into this one spot. Ultimately, beyond getting my own estimates and going anything further into this house, I would like to know how you all feel about foundation issues. It will be a wholesale and I obviously will factor in the costs if I go forward, but what is your personal opinion about this type of issue.