You'll still need the listing agent to let you and your inspector into the property after it's under contract.

I would tell your home inspector to pay close attention to the plumbing and electrical to make sure they are not pulling off some of the other units.

Of course, the utilities are off, so what could an inspector find.

A decent home inspector will catch this, identify it to his client, and you'll have a buyer who is wondering where else you may have cut corners...

If you're not comfortable determining this for yourself, I highly recommend you find a good property inspector in your area to go through the house with you.

One of my main concerns would be once the building inspector starts poking his fat snout around that I would have to get the wiring, this, that, or the other "up to code".

Properties that are uninsured generally need quite a bit of work, but you will find some that don't and are listed as such because the inspector found a weak spot in the floor (which they classify as a structural problem) which is usually a pretty cheap fix.

Good investors can recognize most of the issues that a typical home inspector will find.

Dear all, we just finished all the remodeling, and my listing agent just have a termite company did a termite inspection. that is the nightmare, the termite inspector told me that we need to break up the kitchen tiles to replace couple of rotted wood which we didn't discovered.will this re-inspection report kill my deal?

Would I just run down to the inspectors office and they will give me the permits and timeline for inspections and getting done on title?