And like others have said, observe what the termite inspector uncovers.Tom

Unfortunately I think you will find that section 8 cares more about their tenants than the landlords.I have gone the route before of section 8 violations and the case workers do nothing.You simply have to evict the section 8 tenants.Mine not in compliance went voluntarily.It was a case of one great tenant next door had a small child care facility of watching 4 to 5 kids.The section 8 next door that were inherited tenants I received upon inspection had a pit bull and a rottweiler.They were told that was a violation of their lease.We evicted and they said they had gotten rid of the animal only to find they were hiding it and was back again.The parents dropping off the kids were scared of the pit bull for the day care next door.This tenant also had a portion of utilities they were responsible for after the voucher paid.They went round and round not understanding why they paid the difference etc.I can tell you when you look at section 8 it is great as long as you pay attention to the voucher.If you want to rent for 800 and the voucher is for 500 then don't do it.They simply will not make up the difference.If it's only 50 bucks they have to come up with then they can usually pull it off.Section 8 inspectors are real picky on all the things they want fixed before you pass inspection.If a tenant wears down a property heavily each year and you have to put a ton of money in to pass inspection each time that is a consideration.Don't be quick to evict the other regular tenant.You have to treat them like a person with a mortgage falling on hard times.

Once we were locked into contract I spent 6 hours with an inspector, looking over every square inch of the house.

Ive seen first the city not do their part while performing inspections for me and have actually made my inspector go down my basement stairs to complete the inspection!

Ive been on the phone with inspectors all morning.

As an investor, are you looking for anything unique in an inspector that an owner occupant wouldn't be concerned with?

I'm going to go back to your question about the roof,,,if my inspector says a roof is in good shape, no signs of leaking, being 18 years old doesn't bother me at all, I replaced the roof on my residence last year (because of hail storm, insurance paid for it), it was the original roof from 1986, no repairs ever done, now I have walked away from a deal in part because of roof condition, but not age

Here are the problems- if you ever want to sell it you will either have to sell it as a cash only, as is or go to the county after you buy it and see if a inspector will sign of on it being 4/1.

Not sure what's going on, and why the final still pending. it's 3 years ago.They told me that we have to final the foundation permit before we could apply the new permit. and I am thinking to find the last inspector who inspected the foundation to see what's going on. the foundation is done, is there any protencial risk with they signed off the Rough inspection?

Also, keep in mind that if you'll pull permits (which you likely will), you'll face repairing anything that the inspector points out is not up to code.