@Olga K.It doesn’t necessarily confirm the sewer line is completely blocked—it might just be an issue with the internal plumbing or fixtures.

Keeping your license and avoiding any legal issues is probably worth more than this one transaction.

You may have to sell the whole property to access the funds in the IRA or 401k when you retire and for required minimum distributions. 

One thing my wife and Iearned doing this was the noise from projects can be an issue. 

The issue you will have is that finding out what a property actually rented for is difficult.

The enforcing agency certainly cannot take action against an unpermitted unit without citing a specific health and safety issue to address.  

Mostly this is looking at habitability issues. 3.

It has now been 3 months that the auction has been won and the deed has still not been issued.

Thank you in advance for any insight and advice in talking through the equity and distribution stakes.

Let's analyze each issue you've mentioned:1) Tenancy Length: besides issues a landlord can't control, like death, sickness, job loss, etc., the actual management of the property & tenant play a large roll in how long tenants stay in their home.