Had I not done the inspection (waiving appraisal and inspection contingencies is not uncommon in this hot market), I would not have uncovered the other issues.

I knew this was tough as the police involved did not even uncover what had happened.

You get to keep your contingency in place - in short you can still do a full inspection and still back out of the deal if you uncover something big, of course you can’t renegotiate for anything other than foundation/sewer but you can certainly back out.2.

Get an ESA I, that'll liklely result in needing an ESA II (due to the fact the ESA I will uncover the tank). 

Drop me a PM for links or you can find some recent posts about uncovering intrinsic value.  

A lot of investors (that are out of state or country) will opt for a full inspection here to uncover any major issues as well as help determine the reasonable  remaining lifespan of things that are more costly like the roof, siding, etc. 

Most of them won't work as-is but occasionally you'll find one the numbers start to make sense on if you make a few improvements and that's when you have to dig in further to see if you've uncovered a deal or not.

Today I am trying to figure out how to uncover dead bodies. 

No need in uncovering something that is that hard to find.

Condo issues never get better, they continue to uncover more and more sins and the costs continue to escalate.