Unfortunately due to COVID the City is taking several months to turn around recordings and several weeks to turn around lien certs... so this issue, now that it is known, could still take a while to remedy.

He offered to remedy the situation in a certain way, but it was my fault too.

I asked my attorney to request seller to remove oil tank and seller came back that they're prepared to remove oil tank and remediate any contamination but requesting to buyer (myself) to contribute 50% with a cap of 5K.

My company does mold remediation and we find that there is so much moisture in bedroom walls we can almost squeeze the drywall with our hands and get the moisture to drip like squeezing the water out of a washcloth.

Late fees, inspections, notices of lease violations, charging them to remedy issues, are all tools you can use to train your tenant.

The costs involved to fix this situation included mold remediation, potentially replacing some of the water damaged studs/joists, and replacing the drywall.

This is why you need to check with a lawyer first.If the lawyer gives you the green light to evict, ask them about remediation.

Had he informed the PM right away, I would have deployed a remediation company in the afternoon instead of finding out the damage in the evening when it was too late to set up the drying system that night, causing continued water damage. 4) I requested tenants to pay for the deductible that I pay out of pocket. 

Myself, I have almost 3 decades in the housing industry professionally, I have performed at the highest level of skill, licensure and quality in literally every single aspect of real estate from point of raw land planning and development, building design, build, renovation, remediation, inspection, investing, contracts, negotiations, deal engineering etc etc, I am ridiculously over-the-top experienced and qualified and that is why clients go with myself AND my team, it's not my beautiful Shrek like smile, it's my beautiful brain and decades of knowledge and performance because they know any issue that could come up, I have probably dealt with it 18 times before if not 180 and I can solve it.

Depending on the severity I would probably stay away from serious foundation issues unless a) the Seller is willing to remedy it themselves or b) the concession/credit they offer is significant enough to cover surprise issues that may pop up.