A fellow agent here in NJ told me a story about how her client had a awful tenant and didn’t want to leave when he was evicted so when he was finally forced to leave he flushed bags of cement down every drain in the house!

Like, "I'm looking for a SFR or multi-family building with at least 4 bedrooms in zip code 12345 within 1.5 miles of the college campus, with simple roof lines, so if it needs a new roof, it won't be super expensive, preferably a rambler and not a multi-story, with a detached unit that could be converted to an ADU at some point, with off-street parking, preferably with gravel and not cement in bad condition that will need to be repaired."

Use Hardiebacker or Durock cement board.

Normally, you have cement foundation that goes above ground, then the siding starts, so it doesn't rot. 

My plumber removed the pipe from underneath the house and it looked like the tenant poured cement down the drain.

I was already doubtful I had any claim under the title insurance policy and this has just cemented that. 

@Theresa HarrisGrab a $4 bottle of Concrete glue from the hardware store, squirt half it in the water you’re using to mix with the dry cement.

Is letting his dog go upstairs and **** all over the attic (we have pictures)We don't want cement poured down our toilet or anything, but we NEED to move in this place.Should we file for eviction right away or let him live there till he leaves in Octoberish (but what will my dad do?)

It sounds like your situation is easy to remedy with vinyl cement patch and waterproofing paint.I am not sure courts would consider water in the basement a habitability issue.

And painting the garage door white, gives you a nice clean left-to-right consistency across the house.I was thinking it would look nice to paint the red cement porch area black, and the window trim black, too.The black blob over the garage door is supposed to be a large black really cool light fixture.