Recently I'd been told that cast iron waste pipes tend to crack when they are not used for quite a while, so don't be surprised if the camera inspection shows that to be the case.The good thing in regards to this (which having cast iron "dry out" makes sense) is that someone has been living here the entire time so hopefully cracked pipes will not be the case. 

I like damaged baths and kitchens since those areas tend to have rot.

Sweat equity has an implied price is an excessive contribution, as is using your after-tax money to pay bills if your plan runs dry.

A colleague of mine retired as Maintenance manager from an Industrial complex & was bored.He also owned a large warehouse that was bleeding him dry with transient tenants so we all sat around one night tossing out ideas & he decide to approach a couple of the local community colleges.

In your case they told you to just use last months rent for the month that they rolled into, which leaves you high and dry for a security deposit since you have to use it for the mortgage and not the fixes!

The glass had been taken out and wood put in its place, and it's rotted and looks terrible.However, it seems like it'd be pretty expensive to put a hole in my foundation to vent that way (my other properties vent this way).My contractor suggested modifying the new basement window in a similar fashion as it was before, but he'd make it look better.

Lower roof on addition is old Missing downspouts Replace back down spout Back patio is out of date and either needs replacement or recoating Pressure wash siding and paint entire house New cement walk way Landscape front and side of house Replace driveway with new black top Remove old tree out back Update old shed out back with new wood Fix wire fense Capping two outside windows.ConcernsMoisture issue and rot in crawl spaceTermite or pest inspection in craw spaceElectric heatFlow from front door to family room is odd

Doing an 80% 1st with a 2nd on top of it was a very common practice before 2008 but dried up with the mortgage crisis.

Still a valuable dry run for all out of state investing bpers.

I run a family owned dry cleaners in Encino, California and have been doing that for basically my whole life.