I hired a house inspector and found tones of defects and encroachment of part of the property by a neighbor.

Yes, the property I mentioned is the one we're ready to dive into, assuming the following:- The interior is void of any major defects that we couldn't see from the outside.

I'm making an offer on an REO that the listing agent just informed me was built with defective Chinese drywall in 2007-2008.

The risks of being a GC include aesbestos fines, lead based paint fines, OSHA safety compliance, safety training costs, employee issues and complaints, HR risks, labor and industries risks, worker injury, litigation costs, construct defect management costs, quality warranties, settlement fees, construction delay penalties, work redos, workers milking the clock, inadequate project management and inadequate construction management 2) Mistake #2.

Albeit, family planning and paperwork defects.  

This is one of those defects that you do not ever want to step into.

If they can confirm it's been slow, banks will make concessions for significant unseen defects found during inspection.

Kortez,I would need more details as to the chain of title as to any potential defects, including the delinquent taxes with respect to the county's lien rights, before I could suggest any potential remedy.Given that your friend hasn't paid taxes in almost ten years, I suspect the property is also encumbered with other liens and judgments.

.” ~~ WikipediaBasically buyer is purchasing the property “As Is,” in its present condition and with all defects apparent or not apparent.Yes, you can negotiated with the sellers, but the provision does negate the buyers from making claims of them not knowing they are buying a property ‘As Is’.

I don' t think that would show up on a Title Search here in NJ as Title searches primarily deal with title defects and I don't think a code violations would be considered a Title defect as a property can change hands with or without violations present.Curious how code violations would end up in a title searchthx,Chris