Get them fired & have the satification of two-fold revenge: evicted & fired lol*Im not an attorney and this not legal advice* That is a great way to finally get possession and find cement in your toilets and drains as well !

@Heather Wingenbach  This should help: http://fhahandbook.com/appraisal-guidelines.phpPay special attention to peeling paint (even a little bit), loose hand rails, cracked or broken glass, crumbly cement steps, etc. 

I should have mentioned that the foundation is part fieldstone and part cement block. 

I've heard of it being done in a steel mill water reclamation system where the original cast iron piping was rotting out inside of cement floors etc due to the corrosive/leeching by incoming low pH waste water.

There's a lot of room in that sentence for underwriter's discretion and that's where they get to make up their own rules and cement them with precedence.Stephanie

This will require new cement footings etc.

I’ve actually been “lurking” on the site for a few months while doing some more research and cementing my goals but figured it was time to make an introduction.

The house that i am looking into buying is in centerpoint alabama and purchase price at $100k.The major concern that i am having are:The roof is at end of life.floor joist needs to be install due to flooring bad deflectionThere are broken cement at the patio / deckPossible water leak to the basement walls.i just don’t want to be the person who ends up with the expenses the previous owner should be taking care of.Can you give an advice on how to deal with this property?

Unlike poured foundations or brick/cement-block foundations, the stones aren't very uniform, so there is a little art to replacing individual stones.Sometimes you have to repoint the mortar in between the stones.

Another option is cement, which can look amazing and is very low cost.