DING  DING  DING   We have a winner Give the potential buyer a WOW to take away with them    Even better if you can put in a sliding window with a small simple inexpensive patio    I put in outdoor kitchens with fridge, cook top, gas BBQ grill, bar counter, sink and cement floor for not much over $1000 And 10 hours of my time. 

Importantly, prices are still increasing, but we are getting ever closer to the Fed’s target of 2% annual inflation.According to economist Mark Zandi, a [CPI] report like this does cement the path the Fed is headed on.

I am attaching a photo, and as you can see the cement slab there falls short of the front door. 

try to get inside to look at the houses; some owners are not happy with being displaced and may take the drywall with them, dispose of their left-over cement in the commode, store their tennis balls in the sewage vent pipe, forget to turn the bathroom  spigot off when leaving the house or sell the copper that usually supplies the water and heat.At a foreclosure auction, most of the time you can't get into inspect.After you are the successful high bidder and settle, you my have to file a suit to evict the owner or tenant or squatter.OK - ENOUGHT WITH THE NEGATIVE!

especially when experiencing the anxiety from the cement jungle and the 45 minutes turning to 5 hrs because of fender bender on the 5!

The most common materials containing asbestos are stucco, tar paper (roofing felt), roll roofing, plastic roof cement (at joints between roofing and other materials and at penetrations), window putty, asbestos-cement siding, asbestos cement flues, pipes, and roofing, drywall joint compound, sheet vinyl flooring, acoustic ceiling texture, vinyl floor tile, floor tile mastic, mirror mastic, HVAC ducts made of corrugated asbestos covered with aluminum on the inside and outside, corrugated insulation for use over metal ducts, pipe insulation, boiler and tank insulation, structural steel fireproofing, light fixture insulation, gaskets, paper duct insulation, and appliance wiring.

Home Depot makes replacements that are made out of a cement material.

The house is built with a cement foundation but some serious repairs needed with post/piers and footings.

Two families are built to a different standard to 3 and above which requires fire escapes, and cement enclosed furnace rooms, among other things.2.

Find out if your Section-8 and your locality will let you glass block the basement windows vs the bars.I like grey (cement floor) paint on the floor, a little darker grey on the wall (4 blocks up), and ceiling white on the top blocks to make a horizontal feel to the whole basement.And to paint any columns or sewer stacks wall grey, and put a light over the machines.Whatever noise the dryer makes is probably cutting down it's service live--so a fix there might mean money in your pocket in the long run.Hard nosed inspector--(could be worse), what else can you do other than comply and hope the next inspection is as good as gold.Good Luck!