Repairing something that's broken, depending on what it is, can be something they might be more likely to tell you you don't need a permit for.For example, instead of saying "I'm going to take down several walls and put new ones up" you could say, "I'm going to repair several sections of crumbling plaster by replacing the plaster with drywall, and putting in some insulation in the process" - if that's a fair description of course.It's a minor difference in framing, and might not matter, but where there's ambiguity I usually like to try to tilt things in my favor where possible 😀For tracking down the building department you could Google it or look on ripropinfo.com which is my usual launching-off point for researching properties - it has a column for the city/town website which can be helpful because sometimes towns change their sites from .us to .gov to .com or whatever (more often than you'd expect actually).

-Over $20k in water damages from a broken toilet that they proposed to fix when it was cheaper just to replace.

He’s broken the lease by 1 smoking 2 girlfriends dog 3 has his uncle living on property not on lease.

We would like to treat the owner as an investor who fully funds the $55,000, and give her 8% annual interest broken down into monthly payments ($366.67/month) while we hold the lease option.  

I also saw that there was broken window on one side that want on the report.

I will replace the broken shelves as agreed, but I will not replace the refrigerator."

So my partner and I just bought a 4 bed 2 bath that is broken up into a 3 bed 1 bath (main house) and a mother-in-law suit that is a 1 bed 1 bath.

I also get ones without a string since that is one of the most common pieces that gets broken.7.

They can be easily jimmied, a window can be cut or broken, you leave the windows open for ventilation, your kid forgets to activate the lock on the way out the door, you change locks but forget to change the garage door code that's programmed to the previous renter's car, etc. 

You can get an inspection that says the house has nothing broken now, but..., here is a short list of things that will get you trouble:1 - No insulation.