And that's new information to the seller, you can improve your negotiation position because they are then required to disclose to future buyers is my understanding.On to the technical and again I'm brainstorming out loud here....I have ZERO experience with mud jacking as a permanent solution to slab heaving issues - however I would wonder about the feasibility of this as a 'roll the dice' kind of solution (good money vs value trade off) ...if you buy.One possible solution may be to jack the house and repour which I don't know much about how the bottom plates/wood structural would be tied into the slab - but jacking the house and re pouring sections or all of slab would be an incredibly costly endeavor. 

@George Blower, What happens if you own real estate in a Roth SOLO 401k (avoiding UBIT and financed with a non-recourse mortgage) then rollover that asset to (In-Kind service distribution I believe is the technical way of explaining it) a Roth IRA before the mortgage is paid off and is owned free and clear?

I'm also out of state (technically out of country for now), also investing in Dayton OH and looking for similar properties.

You can sell several and buy one larger.And technically you can take cash out and purchase less than what you sold. 

The loan is a 10/1 ARM, but I still have another 6 1/2 Year’s until I technically will consider refinancing for a fixed rate.

In addition we are tracking to clear about $1mn this year.Our main issues are that we are technically homeless, and based in CA with 0 assets and are getting absolutely crushed by taxes. 

If it was a foreclosure auction although you technically shouldn't get in right away you certainly can but you won't get the deed or even legal possession for at the very least a few weeks.

The more technical sounding might help you. 

Technically, the rules of civil procedure say I don't have to appear for oral hearing if the debtor didn't make an appearance, but most judges make us anyway, so that is additional JF fee. 

Technically yes, that is what happened, but the 33-year journey from buy to sell was a rocky one at times.