They also use me as a consultant for their HOA's when an HOA has a construction defect issue.The W2 job was keeping me from working anywhere else as it took all my time.  

I did have a new logic board put in (time-frame specific defect, I'm told) which would have run between $600-800, but the extended warranty got me clear.

Ask for a list of known defects.

SamsonNo parking is a defect, some cities have a winter street parking ban overnight.

Another defect.3.

The bank may have it's own internal reasons for not completing a foreclosure action right now that could involve other liens on title or it could be rooted in the neighbors speculation that the DOT paperwork is defective.

The maturity event, if it becomes a barrier for the borrower to overcome, which then forces disposition back on to the Mortgagee, would be a defect.

(Francis Bacon)All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, as much from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.

@Matt DevincenzoHere's a later citation, that says murder/suicide is not a material defect. http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/222394/real+estate/Real+Estate+Sellers+Not+Required+To+Disclose+Murders+Suicides+And+Other+Psychological+Damage+To+Property

If you have bad title, owners throughly destroy the house, the house has hidden major defects, has had all of the copper wiring and plumbing stolen by thieves...the list goes on and on.