Found a water issue found a bad support beam...found a leaky window.....then i looked under the cabinets and realized the water damage from the window meant i would need to tear out and get new cabinets.....new total price when i was done with the kitchen floor.....4800 and that was with me doing the labor.....not a good two weeks...Now I will say i decided to take out all the cabinets instead of having mismatched and I put in a new stove....the old stove was ugly with all the new stuff..and I decided that as i was in 4500 by then i would put up a back splash that cost about 250 ...The good part...house worth a lot more like maybe 7 k and the rent I can get with a brand new kitchen is about 100 + more a month. 

What the contractor promised was that he would use jack posts for the support beam and put down two cement columns and then insert a permanent thick wooden or steel beam once the wall was removed and columns set.

If it is, a support beam can be put in place either in the ceiling (attic area) or it can be made visible and decorative.

You'll be surprised what you can do when you get laser focused. 

I personally take a level with me a good 4 foot one or I take the new laser level I bought for a couple hundred dollars. 

There's no indication of water damage inside the house/ceiling, but I'm worried about damage that an untrained eye can't see...like wooden beams rotting.I'm trying to figure out how to go about estimating the cost so that I can make an offer on the property, but I don't really know what the extent of the damage is without having a professional take a look.

Besides the legal issue, there remains the issue of whether it can be converted, structurally and architecturally, such as egresses, ceiling heights, and floor beam sizes.

Laser tag , indoor electric go carts , indoor grow house , or brothel .

@Elontè Owens I would get laser focused on one specific area.

I hope to use the fact that now we have proof there are foundation issues (one of the support beams in the basement is at quite a tilt), in the future, they have to present that information in their declaration about the property.