As a result, I am very much feeling the pains of the recent BP podcast that speaks to the emotional drains of being an entrepreneur, the 80+ workweeks, and lack of social life due to time constraints and the personal investment of growing my business. 

I have a client who fell in love with a home and put in a strong offer (with inspection contingency).He is currently under contract, and the inspection notes Cast Iron Drain Pipes throughout (House was built 1957 Pompano Beach, FL).

Assuming the plumbing is fully charged, and the home has been inhabited recently, you can use the moisture meter to probe around areas that are common to damage: plumbing walls, cabinet toe kicks and bases, kitchen and bathroom floors, shower or tub surrounds, below the washer drain box, etc.

I only use crimped connections & none have failed during the hard freezes we have at the Lakehouse whereas a 3/4 copper pipe supposedly drained split as did the push type connection at that junction.

Turns out it was due to the renters not putting lingerie in lingerie bags so their clothing went right into the drain of the washer.

Drains work OK at the moment.In CA, sewer line inspection is not part of a normal home inspection, though it should be, and I will make them part of my routine in the future.It took me a while to do my video inspection due to prepping a rental property (my first house ), moving,  prepping the new house, working overtime , plumbers flaking out, etc.When I finally get my inspection, it turns out the green spray paint marks the exact location of the sewer line break.My agent knew what was going on from the beginning, knew I was suspicious, is now trying to negotiate with the sellers agent and seller.

As it pertains to plumbing, does the $200-$300 per fixture figure in "replace all supply lines" include drain and vent piping?  

Heat tape won't be enough because the washer drain pump will be plastic and usually contains water - so likely to crack if it freezes. 

Then to finish the lots (installing roads, curbs, gutters, storm water drains) and bringing water and sewer to the lots can run $30-$40k per lot.

So now bring in the electrician to dig a trench and run new 220v cables from junction box to the pump EXCEPT by now the pool is disgusting because there's no pump clearing out the water... the city actually can charge a penalty for having a "dark" pool due to safety issues of a kid falling in and no being able to see the bottom...so, we had to drain the pool extra cost about $300 or so if I remember. 2)  So now after draining the pool, putting in the new pump with new wiring and re-filling the pool with thousands of gallons of water that isn't free (not too mention I live in CA with the drought and my conscience is screaming at me about the waste)...we find that the pool is constantly being re-filled by the "auto fill"...somewhere, somehow there's a leak and we're wasting even more water and money...so, I had to call in a leak detection specialist who thankfully found the leak at the filter and not in the actual pool itself...Another $1,500 in unexpected costs.So, long story short, fixing up the pool cost about the same as removing it, refilling with sod, getting a new fence but now we have a nice updated pool and it should help the value a little bit when we go to sell.