Sometimes a good cleanup, a pressure wash, or even a coat of paint could be the difference between a sale or not.  

This reminds me of Engineering 101 The basics of hydrostatic pressure regarding cement with an initial high moisture content.

If that is the case I apologize in advance for raising your blood pressure and wasting your time. 

"Lines won't hold pressure."

Your option is to do a pressure test of the line to check for leaksThe bigger issue will be the appraisal if you are getting a loan.

There are a few options that come to mind, but, as a general statement, this will take a *long* time, so hopefully there is no enormous pressure on your side or on the seller's side to get the house sold immediately (not that the seller could realistically expect that with tons of violations and fines anyways!)

It just burns me up to have money sitting in mutual funds going nowhere right now and I'm feeling pressure in my 40's to get my financial situation in a better place.Anyone have any words of encouragement or caution?

Personal friend is a plumber and he uses a system of pressurizing the system and injecting liquid plastic to seal it all up - - 20 year warranttee.Here in our locale, slabs frequently crack due to soil expansion and when fixing one of these, we jack-hammer the interior and r/r all the plumbing at one time.

Additionally, once I have the loan pressure is on to take the first offer I’m given because of the daily interest costs on the loan, I’ve lost out on an extra $30k on one deal because I pulled the trigger 10 days too early on an offer.I’ve tried to present bankers an offer to fund the loan but I haven’t found the right “combination” as Brandon Turner likes to call it.  

. $32,000 net worth in June, close on a $50,000.00 (NET income) property in July, in August my marketing budget is 20% of $83,000.00 so marketing budget does fluctuate based on success and puts pressure on performance.But 100% agreed, thanks for the insight.