You certainly don't want them to ignore issues but at the same time, if it takes them a few minutes to fill out a form to request a fix they will not be as likely to come up with the spook in the attic routine.Just my two cents.YMMV

My sis would want the high side ($90k), and the possibility of having to spend $45k to buy her half of the interest in such rundown homes--who look to have a short shelf life--has me spooked. 

I have no farmland in the Ukraine to offer anyone.

The name sounds French to me but you mention living in what I perceive as the Ukraine.

I think the trend will swing back from renting and group psychology about "rising real estate values" will kick in just as it did 10-15 years ago.Yes I think we should keep buying to get more pieces on the board (boats in the water to rise), but completely disregard any potential appreciation both in terms of our return calculations and psychologically (in other words, don't get caught up in the coming "real estate boom" psychology and buy marginal properties or cash flow negative properties expecting appreciation).That may mean doing fewer deals but it's a price I'm personally willing to pay.There are also some broader economic issues which could throw in some systemic risk and gum up the works, such as Russia-Ukraine, the Chinese economy, the European economy (and some of its weaker members like Greece), etc.So in my mind I think there are three possible scenarios: 1) 1/3 likely to have steady good growth in RE values (scenario of U.S. economy continuing to do reasonably well but little/tepid real wage growth), 2) 1/3 likely to have another boom (scenario of U.S. economy doing very well and finally having real wage growth for the first time in a long time), and 3) 1/3 likely to have the train get derailed by external factors such as the world economy, some kind of war, etc.In all of those scenarios it seems to me that good, cash flowing properties will be good to have.

After that I had to back out because of none of it being disposed on the seller disclosure, the shadiness spooked me. 

I'm 26 years old, first generation American born to immigrants from Kiev Ukraine.

My cash buyer that backed out was a buy and hold investor, but just got spooked about this problem, even though it "should" handle the load.

I agree with you and @Rich Nickel, it is a much better buy and hold, and that is what my buyers plans were for it also, he just got spooked about the septic.

I am Sasha Zhelyezna, born in Ukraine, raised in the states, residing in Denver, Colorado.